guigaro_georgio Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 <p> <p>Hello! I want to find out is there any software which could store an archive of images already burned on dvd?<br> For example : I have many shots in folders, sub-folders in NEF format, I put them on dvd and after that on pc I run some "magic" program which makes small jpg previews of my NEF's and then<strong> </strong><strong>store</strong> those preview's on hdd. I have 50 dvd's with Nef's for now.<br> The main point is to use photo archive on different PC's without putting dvd's in pc. Any recommendation?</p> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Laur Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 <p>Large capacity external disk drives are very, very inexpensive now. Just copy that entire directory structure onto an external drive for backup, and then use another drive for redundant backup. You can get hundreds of gigabytes of storage for very little money, these days. Don't trust those DVDs to be the only place where you have extra copies of your data.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpbours Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 <p>Adobe Bridge on PC or Aperture on the MAC? Or perhaps even a simple program like ACDSee or Irfanview can do a batch conversion to thumbnail. They don't take over the exact folder structure though.<br> But the folder structure can be taken over by the good old xcopy command at the command prompt: xcopy E: C: /T /E . The /T makes sure the directory structure only is copied. /E also copies empty folders in the structure.</p> <p>If you want a thumbnail overview of your shots from DVD, you couldn't save them anyhow on the already burned and closed DVD. Just do a full conversion of what's on the DVD's into the same folder structure on your PC.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guigaro_georgio Posted February 17, 2010 Author Share Posted February 17, 2010 <p>I know that :) But I use both hdd storage and dvd storage.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpbours Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 <p>And yes Matt is right, if the DVD's are the only place where you have all your NEF's... Not safe. They get old over time and at some point they won't work anymore. I use two external harddisks that make exact copies of one another the whole time. When I go away for a longer time, I keep one in my house and one in a friend's house.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guigaro_georgio Posted February 17, 2010 Author Share Posted February 17, 2010 <p>Thanks it's a good idea!(friend's house)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicaglow Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 <p>ACDSee will archive to CD/DVD/External Drives, and manage where the backup is located. You keep the thumbnails on your main system, and ACDSee will track which device it is backed up to.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guigaro_georgio Posted February 17, 2010 Author Share Posted February 17, 2010 <p>ACDSee will do i think. Thanks!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter_in_PA Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 <p>DVD storage may not be a good idea long-term. Nobody really knows. I do have some nearly 20-year-old CD-Rs that are a problem. I can only imagine that DVDs will be similar if not, because of the higher density of info, worse.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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