Backing up images to seagate expansion
Mine are set to back-up at the weekend, but you can set it up do back-up as little or as much as you like..
Bodies: K20D (2), K10D, Super A, ME Super, Auto 110 SLR, X70, Optio P70
Pentax Glass: DA* 300, DA* 60-250, DA* 50-135, DA* 16-50, DA 70 Ltd, FA 31 Ltd, DA 35 Ltd, DA 18-55 (2), DA 12-24, DA 10-17, M 200, A 35-70, M 40, M 28, Converter-A 2X-S, 1.4X-S, AF 1.7, Pentax-110 50, Pentax-110 24
Other Glass: Sigma 105 macro, Sigma-A APO 75-300
Flash: Metz 58 AF-1 P, Pentax AF160FC ringflash, Pentax AF280T
It will back up to any logical drive/directory and also to a directory on a web server too. Just install, configure and forget.
It works very well for me, backing up to an external Seagate USB drive and, for important stuff, to a directory on my hosting too.
Andrew
You need to know which external drive you have and then select the appropriate download.
Bodies: K20D (2), K10D, Super A, ME Super, Auto 110 SLR, X70, Optio P70
Pentax Glass: DA* 300, DA* 60-250, DA* 50-135, DA* 16-50, DA 70 Ltd, FA 31 Ltd, DA 35 Ltd, DA 18-55 (2), DA 12-24, DA 10-17, M 200, A 35-70, M 40, M 28, Converter-A 2X-S, 1.4X-S, AF 1.7, Pentax-110 50, Pentax-110 24
Other Glass: Sigma 105 macro, Sigma-A APO 75-300
Flash: Metz 58 AF-1 P, Pentax AF160FC ringflash, Pentax AF280T
I would try downloading the Freeagent software.
The main thing is to ensure that you download the correct version for your operating system e.g. for XP or for Windows 7 etc.
Bodies: K20D (2), K10D, Super A, ME Super, Auto 110 SLR, X70, Optio P70
Pentax Glass: DA* 300, DA* 60-250, DA* 50-135, DA* 16-50, DA 70 Ltd, FA 31 Ltd, DA 35 Ltd, DA 18-55 (2), DA 12-24, DA 10-17, M 200, A 35-70, M 40, M 28, Converter-A 2X-S, 1.4X-S, AF 1.7, Pentax-110 50, Pentax-110 24
Other Glass: Sigma 105 macro, Sigma-A APO 75-300
Flash: Metz 58 AF-1 P, Pentax AF160FC ringflash, Pentax AF280T
I haven't dealt with this company, but the product is obviously available elsewhere and could be one solution to your problem.
Al
Cheers
Johna
Al
Would it be possible just to get it to back my photos up and nothing else
If you just keep your photographs on an expansion drive, then you can set up the Seagate software to just back-up that drive.
Bodies: K20D (2), K10D, Super A, ME Super, Auto 110 SLR, X70, Optio P70
Pentax Glass: DA* 300, DA* 60-250, DA* 50-135, DA* 16-50, DA 70 Ltd, FA 31 Ltd, DA 35 Ltd, DA 18-55 (2), DA 12-24, DA 10-17, M 200, A 35-70, M 40, M 28, Converter-A 2X-S, 1.4X-S, AF 1.7, Pentax-110 50, Pentax-110 24
Other Glass: Sigma 105 macro, Sigma-A APO 75-300
Flash: Metz 58 AF-1 P, Pentax AF160FC ringflash, Pentax AF280T
Under photos, you can also tell it what file types to back up (including PEF). In most cases, you'd want to back up all your photos but the option is there to be more specific if you want.
The files are stored in the same folder structure as they are on the computer, so they're easy to find. If you ever have to restore the files, it will put them back in the same folders where they were found originally.
The model I have can back up from as many as 10 computers and keep the files separate. I imagine it's the same with the gizmo designed to work with your own drive.
One advantage I find with this system is that the files remain in their native format and you can view them as you would normally. Other backup systems I've used compress the data and you've no idea if will be restored properly until you actually have to do it.
As I get older, I feel less inclined to fiddle around with technical things than I have been in the past. With this device, you just plug it in and the technology (developed by Crazy Canucks like Yves) does the rest. Simple.
Al
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Inverness
I have a seagate expansion external harddrive that I use to back up my images. I am finding it confusing doing incremental backups from PSE. It keeps asking for a file name it was backed up to but presents me with a lis of files I have never heard of? Can anyonye please suggest an eaiser way of doing incremental back ups. I mean would it be possible just to drag and drop my new folders acorss from PSE to the harddrive? Is it possible to install somwe device that would back up automatically when I plugged the harddrive into my lap top? Thanks in anticipation.