Thread: Hard drive safety?

I currently have 2 hd's on my machine. One is a 300 GB velociraptor I use for my os, gaming and main apps, and a 500gb had which I use as storage.

Anyway I have years of pictures stored on the 2nd hd now, and i really worried about something to happen to them. Since the pictures are on a second hd, let's say something happens to my machine that makes it not work, can the pictures be saved if they are on a different hd than the OS. Or should I purchase an external HD to save her pictures?

Thanks

If the HD with the operating system crashes, the secondary HD should be okay. You could purchase an external HD to store your pictures, or just purchase a CD burner and store the photos on a CD.

Any data that is important should have at least 1 backup. An external hard drive for backups is a good idea. Just plug it in when needed, and unplug it when it's not. That way the drive is less likely to fail since it's not used much; and it can't be affected by hardware failure in your computer.

try getting flash drive which has more GB...