Larry, I use a laptop that I got two or three years ago specifically for my photography business, and tried to outfit it for that purpose. I also have a very old desktop, probably eight to ten years old. I don't know if it could handle this, but I might look into it. Good idea -- thanks!
Beth
--- In artshow_photo@yahoogroups.com, Larry Berman <larry@...> wrote:
>
> Do you only have one computer?
>
> The reason I ask is that I have additional computers for specific
> purposes. I have my old XP computer set up just for scanning. It has
> two older versions of Photoshop and is connected to four scanners.
> And my laptop for e-mail and web browsing. When I want to make a copy
> of a backup drive, I connect the two drives to my scanning computer
> so it doesn't matter how long it takes.
>
> Larry
>
>
>
> >All the discussion about online storage leads me to ask this question.
> >
> >I use portable external hard drives for my photos. I've had
> >redundancy copies, but now want to keep a copy off-site for extra security.
> >
> >I have a 1 TB external drive that I'd like to copy or clone. (I use
> >a PC.) But if I tried to do this with Windows Explorer and the
> >Windows copy function, it would take me forever.
> >
> >I started to research this, and found some "fast file-copying"
> >software, including some freeware (specifically, TeraCopy). But it
> >seems that although this is a smarter way to copy, it's not
> >necessarily faster. Apparently, with this software, you can pause
> >the copying process if you need to, and you can instruct the
> >software to skip over problems instead of getting stuck at a dialog
> >which waits for a response. That means you can more successfully
> >walk away while it does the work. But the reviews seemed to say it
> >didn't really work much faster.
> >
> >Do I need to take my 1 TB drive to an IT place to have it
> >copied? Is there any better way to do it myself, rather than
> >breaking it into smaller chunks and taking weeks to get it done?
> >
> >I'm betting there's a smarter way to do this that I just don't know
> >about. If anyone has a suggestion, I'd really appreciate it.
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >Beth
>
>
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