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Back Up.

Journal Entry: Fri Jun 26, 2009, 10:46 PM
  • Mood: Neutral


Just want to leave a quick note to remind everyone about the importance of maintaining a back up of there files,
I recently bought a portable hard drive to make it easier to transport data from my laptop to my PC and to provide for a duplicate copy of data when in the field. I wanted to work on pictures from my recent Yellowstone trip this evening and plugged that hard drive in and heard a noise i absolutly hate <click>.....pause <click>......pause<click>.....pause

It is the sound of a broken hard drive with a lost read/write head. Many of you will recall a journal entry from June 13 2008 [link] When a 500gb external drive went down on me, that drive made the exact same noise...the drive went down with out any back up, infact the majority of all my images in my gallery that are older than 2008 except for a handful of *.psd files are gone FOREVER. It was a absolutly crushing heartbreaking day to say the least for me.

This time around I learned my lesson thankfully my laptop is still running with the data I need intact. Nothings lost. I refuse to format any card until data is on two physically separate storage devices.

So take my advice, never trust a single source for data storage, get your images duplicated as soon as you can.

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: Idaho Falls..but my mind is always in Yellowstone
  • Interests: Outdoors
  • Favourite movie: The sunrising tommrow.
  • MP3 player of choice: Ipod Touch
  • Favourite game: Life
  • Favourite gaming platform: Wildlife Photography, Mountain Bike, Wakeboard
  • Tools of the Trade: Gitzo, Wimberly and lots and lots of Canon

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Hello :D
I wonder if I can use youre pictures of the wolfes in the frontpage of my wolfruleplaysite Nevuria ([link]). If I get youre permission, I (ofcause!) put youre name on the frontpage. And, by the way, all youre pictures is absolutly gorgeous! Amazing <3

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Little Berry-thing <3
:iconakirmak:

Have you seen this guy? He's got pictures he takes then alters in Adobe Photoshop. They have interesting titles too.

I figured you would be one to like to see.

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They don't do themselves, so go do what you need to do!
hello,

thanks a lot for :+devwatch: !!

cheers, dave :)

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dave-derbis.de
Hello :wave: thanks for the :+devwatch: :hug:

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Take few minute for discover my gallery if you have the times, not forced :rose:
You have an amazing gallery.
I love the wildlife.
What's your policy for artists who want to reference your work for paintings, sketches, etc?

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Check out my stock account for pictures of animals, plants, and exotic locations! ~meihua-stock
Feel free, please send me a note with the finished peice i keep a collection of hand drawn images created from my material.

if you plan on selling them at fairs or what have you I ask for a reasonable donation you can determine the amount, but if its for practice or self enjoyment, have at it!
Thanks! It's just for future reference, I don't have a lot of free time to draw right now :XD:

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Check out my stock account for pictures of animals, plants, and exotic locations! ~meihua-stock
What would you say about my picture I took of my cat? I know it's not wild life but I was just wondering out of boredom...

[link]

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They don't do themselves, so go do what you need to do!

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