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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 03/14/2004 01:54:51 PM · #1
Any way to transfer the same pictures from your camera into 2 hard drives on your computer at the same time. It would just be more convenient, and I would always have an immediate backup just in case something happened to the main hard drive right at the moment where I would have the picture on my main hard drive.
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Canon EOS-10D
Sigma 15-30mm f/3.5-4.5 EX Aspherical DG DF for Canon
 03/14/2004 02:13:02 PM · #2
Supose that would be possible using some expensive techinice. But if you are transfering throug USB i dont think you would save any time copaird to just transfer it twice into separate drives.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 03/14/2004 02:30:32 PM · #3
I do something similar. I run a back up from my main hard drive to a back up hardrive every night. I go incremental so it only copies files that are new or different.

I burn the pics at the end of each month on CDs and bring them to a buddy's house. That way, if my house burns down, I'll have a fairly recent back up available. Feels good to finally have a proper, regular back up procedure.

I use a nice little Freeware to run my nightly back ups. Cobian Backup
 03/14/2004 02:37:44 PM · #4
You can look at the arco solutions, of which there are many, though a little pricey. Quite a bit cheaper, and nearly identical, is this product.

These things can't save you from yourself, but do provide some insurance when your hard drive fails.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 03/14/2004 10:28:53 PM · #5
Thanks guys.
Canon EOS-10D
Canon EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 03/15/2004 12:11:50 AM · #6
Originally posted by Skamal:
Any way to transfer the same pictures from your camera into 2 hard drives on your computer at the same time.


RAID 1 does mirroring on two HD or more. If one HD goes bad you can replace and still have the data.
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