memory stick

[didappointed]

I want to transfer all my kodak pictures to a memory stick but do not know how to go about it. They are taking a lot of space up on my hard drive at the moment.

[pug100]

Best way is to archive onto cdr (or dvd if you have gigabytes worth) . That way you will still have a copy if your hard drive dies.
USB memory sticks are not infallable and can fail without warning. I had a 32Mb stick suddenly die on me, fortunately there wasn't anything on it I hadn't got backed up elsewhere.

[ACtheTROLL]

yep - agree with pug

usb sticks are transport, not storage

[Jugglering]

Just so that you know how to copy your pictures onto a memory stick...

plug one in and you should get a message about which drive it becomes, then simply copy your pics to that drive.

However, as the others have said, memory sticks don't have that good a long term reputation (lol... sounds like some boyfriends I've had !!!)

I only use memory sticks to copy music onto for long drives in the car or to transfer info to another pc at another location.

[didappointed]

thanks everybody - I think I will stick to leaving the photos on the harddrive. Would hate to lose them.

[CheekyChops]

You should still make a back-up copy onto CD, if your hard drive dies and you haven't a backup you will be stuffed!

[ACtheTROLL]

HDDs do go to heaven too

if it's worth hanging on to - you need a second (or even third) copy

you have to be sensible - don't go mad - but serious data is backed up every day - (ott)

copy enough files to fill a CD/DVD into a folder
split the files up into folders - not just a big pile
burn to disc - quite safe - (prove you can read the files)

remove from the HDD - repeat.

lots of small files aren't "dangerous" - but the HDD keeps a record of each file in a table .... the bigger the table ... the longer it takes to search - the slower the machine - the more time there is to corrupt it

same with RW discs - great for transport - but everytime you add to them you rewrite the file table - and if the mains fails ....