Most people realize too late that they didn’t have backups of their data or don’t realize they can easily setup their own media servers at home. What do you use and suggest? Everything from beginner tech knowledge to advance. TIA

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    10 hours ago

    Hard copy.

    Photos in a photo album, documents in a filing cabinet.

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      10 hours ago

      Okay but like what if your house burns down
      It’s good to have some kind of backup for worst case scenarios

      Otherwise I totally agree. I feel like the only way I’ll actually look at my photos is if they’re physically there for me to see.

      • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        9 hours ago

        This is why I’m scanning in all my old physical photos. It’s great to go through the originals, but if anything was to happen, they’d be gone forever.

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            It’s an Epson Stylus, 235w I think. I’m not home to check at the moment. It’s not amazing, but it scans at up to either 1200 or 2400 dpi, and I usually use 600 dpi, as that’s more than enough for the typically low quality photos I’ve got.

            I’m sticking with it on Windows for now too, as the software can do some corrections with one click, like certain colour corrections. I’ve tried a few Linux packages, and while they’re good, they’re all missing something compared to the Epson Windows software.