Looking for thoughts on backing up photo's and videos. I have a ton that i've taken of my kids and I'd like to make sure I don't lose them. My problem is my smart phone doesn't link up to my p.c where i can explore the files on my sd or internal drive. I have a Morotola Electrify. My pc is an old dell from appx 2006. I recently bought a portable hard drive so I can place my stuff on there. I just cant seem to be able to up load my pics from my phone since my pc doesn't recognize it. Now my damn internal drive is near full along with the SD card. Everything seems to be up to date on my computer as far as drivers go. Since I've managed to ramble a little I'll seperate what my questions are.
1- What is the best/safest way to store a lot of photos and videos. Is the portable hardrive better than say using flicker/shutterfly. Ideas and suggestions please.
2- When using the portable hardrive is it wise to just save the pics on there and delete from desktop or keep them doubled up. I did move old pics from pc to the portable but just sent copies. I was uneasy pulling the trigger on deleting the picture folders from my pc
3- Any other thoughts ideas concerning issues with Electrify not allowing me to explore in the folders from my pc. (currently I can see all folders but I cannot see the contents to move)
4-I'm a novice, but should I use the 'cloud' backup on the portable hard drive or avoid paying for that feature (currently free trial version of cloud, I think)
1- What is the best/safest way to store a lot of photos and videos. Is the portable hardrive better than say using flicker/shutterfly. Ideas and suggestions please.
2- When using the portable hardrive is it wise to just save the pics on there and delete from desktop or keep them doubled up. I did move old pics from pc to the portable but just sent copies. I was uneasy pulling the trigger on deleting the picture folders from my pc
3- Any other thoughts ideas concerning issues with Electrify not allowing me to explore in the folders from my pc. (currently I can see all folders but I cannot see the contents to move)
4-I'm a novice, but should I use the 'cloud' backup on the portable hard drive or avoid paying for that feature (currently free trial version of cloud, I think)