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<blockquote data-quote="paul_b" data-source="post: 306452" data-attributes="member: 15676"><p>I've decided on this for my storage options (not sure if its final yet, as still giving it some thought):</p><p></p><p>Each year of my child's life has its own folder on my pc, and this includes original & edited pictures and a movie of the year. These are primarily stored in a backup partition on my PC's hard drive. They are also backed up onto a portable HDD once a week too that stays at the same location. I also sync that portable drive onto another pc at another location at the same time too. Once the year is over i checksum the years' folder with a free program called exactfile. This places an md5 checksum digest file in the year folder. It's linked to all the files inside the folder (where the folder is placed doesn't matter as they are not full paths, i.e can place on a new pc in the future or burn onto Blu-ray etc). This means i can always check the folder in years to come to make sure the contents is bit for bit perfect.</p><p></p><p>I then do 3 things at the end of each year (her birthday). I make a checksum for the finished year folder for that year. I also check all the other checksums are still correct for all of the year folders on my pc. If the checksums are all still correct then i copy all the year folders onto a new solid state drive (will need a bigger one each year), and retire it for storage (stored along with any others from previous year/s). At the same time i will burn new Blu-rays for all of the years too (1 for each year), starting from scratch (i.e year 1), so i end up with a complete fresh collection of burnt Blu-rays too.</p><p></p><p>If a year ever comes where the checksums no longer add up, i will have the option to search inside any of the solid states drives for a working 'bit for bit' correct copy of the folder/s. If that doesn't work then I'd fall back on to the Blu-rays that i have burnt too, looking for uncorrupted versions of my year folders.</p><p></p><p>That should work, lol</p><p></p><p>The beauty of the checksum method is i can be sure that any files or folders are as 'bit for bit' perfect as the day they were created.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="paul_b, post: 306452, member: 15676"] I've decided on this for my storage options (not sure if its final yet, as still giving it some thought): Each year of my child's life has its own folder on my pc, and this includes original & edited pictures and a movie of the year. These are primarily stored in a backup partition on my PC's hard drive. They are also backed up onto a portable HDD once a week too that stays at the same location. I also sync that portable drive onto another pc at another location at the same time too. Once the year is over i checksum the years' folder with a free program called exactfile. This places an md5 checksum digest file in the year folder. It's linked to all the files inside the folder (where the folder is placed doesn't matter as they are not full paths, i.e can place on a new pc in the future or burn onto Blu-ray etc). This means i can always check the folder in years to come to make sure the contents is bit for bit perfect. I then do 3 things at the end of each year (her birthday). I make a checksum for the finished year folder for that year. I also check all the other checksums are still correct for all of the year folders on my pc. If the checksums are all still correct then i copy all the year folders onto a new solid state drive (will need a bigger one each year), and retire it for storage (stored along with any others from previous year/s). At the same time i will burn new Blu-rays for all of the years too (1 for each year), starting from scratch (i.e year 1), so i end up with a complete fresh collection of burnt Blu-rays too. If a year ever comes where the checksums no longer add up, i will have the option to search inside any of the solid states drives for a working 'bit for bit' correct copy of the folder/s. If that doesn't work then I'd fall back on to the Blu-rays that i have burnt too, looking for uncorrupted versions of my year folders. That should work, lol The beauty of the checksum method is i can be sure that any files or folders are as 'bit for bit' perfect as the day they were created. [/QUOTE]
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