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maya - 17 Feb 2007 20:03 GMT

Hi, I'm in India, I need to transfer photos to a portable HD to take
home..
I installed sw that comes w/camera, tranferred photos from camera to
computer, but can't find how to transfer photos from cmoputer to
portable HD...

when transfering photos would like to just put in a folder in
computer, then from folder in computer transfer them to portable
HD.. for now, until I get home, I don't need to edit, orgranize,
etc.. photos in any way..I just want to transfer them to the portable
HD..

sw it doesn't even ask, when you're tranfering from camera to
computer, in what folder you want to put them.. why is this so
complicated.. I would like to just transfer them to a folder in
computer and from there to my portable HD that I brought along on this
trip especially for this purpose..

would appreciate a prompt response since need to do this like
yesterday (don't dare delete photos from memory card until have them
safely in portable HD.. a memory card of 2 GB costs as much as a
portable HD of 80 GB -- yikes...)

thank you very much...

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Rudy Benner - 17 Feb 2007 20:27 GMT

> Hi, I'm in India, I need to transfer photos to a portable HD to take
> home..
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> thank you very much...

You do not need special software to do this. Select the folders you want to
copy, and paste them into the HDD where you wish to store these folders.
Done.

There is a way of skipping the computer completely, direct from camera to
portable HDD.
Do a search for PHR=250 OTG . This item does not include a HDD.

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tomm42 - 18 Feb 2007 01:23 GMT

> Hi, I'm in India, I need to transfer photos to a portable HD to take
> home..
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> thank you very much...

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tomm42 - 18 Feb 2007 01:26 GMT

> Hi, I'm in India, I need to transfer photos to a portable HD to take
> home..
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> thank you very much...

Maya,
Have you formated the portable hard drive? The computer won't
recognize it until you do. Some of the drives say they are formated
but in the 3 I have had they have never been dependable until the
drive was in a Windows (or Mac) format. You should then be able to
transfer the photos.

Tom

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Paul Furman - 18 Feb 2007 06:29 GMT

> Hi, I'm in India, I need to transfer photos to a portable HD to take
> home..
> I installed sw that comes w/camera, tranferred photos from camera to
> computer, but can't find how to transfer photos from cmoputer to
> portable HD...

Just drag from the memory card to the USB hard drive.

Don't connect USB to the camera, remove the memory card, get a card
reader & plug it into the computer.

> when transfering photos would like to just put in a folder in
> computer, then from folder in computer transfer them to portable
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> thank you very much...

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maya - 18 Feb 2007 07:49 GMT

> > Hi, I'm in India, I need to transfer photos to a portable HD to take
> > home..
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thank you all for yr responses.. yes, realized last night after
posting this that don't need sw.. (what threw me off is that it says
in manual you HAVE TO install sw before connecting camera to
computer.. I now suspect this is not the case.. ) just as you say,
found my way to portable HD (which was already formatted (since
accepted photos w/no problems.. I hadn't even thought of that..
however, it did NOT come w/a USB cable -- retarded -- thank god cable
for camera was good for HD too..) so will uninstall sw and go from
there, will just copy photos from camera to computer then to HD....
my question now is, is it possible to protect photos in HD from being
accidentally deleted (read-only protects them from being edited, not
deleted..) also can HD go thru X-ray check in airport without losing
content in it (that would be something, for me to get back to NY and
find all my photos deleted..)

no need to buy a card reader since have borrowed laptop in my hotel
room now (and soon after get home will purchase new computer w/built-
in card reader..)

thank you all very much for yr help..

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km - 18 Feb 2007 09:42 GMT

>> > Hi, I'm in India, I need to transfer photos to a portable HD to take
>> > home..
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>thank you all very much for yr help..

In circumstances like yours, abroad and worried about losing photos
during journey, it is worth using an online (Internet) storage site.
So long as you can gain access to the Internet you can copy your files
to the site and recover them on your return.

km

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J. Clarke - 18 Feb 2007 13:37 GMT

>>> > Hi, I'm in India, I need to transfer photos to a portable HD to take
>>> > home..
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>So long as you can gain access to the Internet you can copy your files
>to the site and recover them on your return.

If you can gain access to broadband. Uploading a day's shooting over
dialup will take more than a day.

>km

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maya - 18 Feb 2007 15:11 GMT

> >>> > Hi, I'm in India, I need to transfer photos to a portable HD to take
> >>> > home..
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> >So long as you can gain access to the Internet you can copy your files
> >to the site and recover them on your return.

yes, have access to roadband (does anybody still use dialup?) but my
photos are quite large, have been here 8 days, already have about 350
photos... can u recommend a place to where I can upload (my yahoo
maybe? is there a site that would accept a massive amount of
Megabytes like this..)

thank you all again for yr help.. once post images will certainly post
url here.. (will be a few weeks till I purchase new machine, have
time...) my current mach no way can handle this amount of data.. so
far VERY pleased with Nikon D80, made right decision.....:)

thank you very much..

> If you can gain access to broadband. Uploading a day's shooting over
> dialup will take more than a day.
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J. Clarke - 18 Feb 2007 19:00 GMT

>> >>> > Hi, I'm in India, I need to transfer photos to a portable HD to take
>> >>> > home..
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>time...) my current mach no way can handle this amount of data.. so
>far VERY pleased with Nikon D80, made right decision.....:)

If you're shooting jpeg then <http://www.flickr.com> or one of the
other photo sites would be a good bet--flickr pro offers unlimited
uploads and storage for 25 bucks a year. Shooting RAW I suspect
you'd need one of the online backup sites--here's an article that
lists a few--check their pricing though, the pricing in the article is
not current
<http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,118454-page,1/article.html>. For
short term ibackup might be good--they offer a monthly rate--but for
long term they're all kind of ludicrous for the amount of storage they
provide.

>thank you very much..
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km - 18 Feb 2007 20:36 GMT

>> >>> > Hi, I'm in India, I need to transfer photos to a portable HD to take
>> >>> > home..

>> >In circumstances like yours, abroad and worried about losing photos
>> >during journey, it is worth using an online (Internet) storage site.
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>maybe? is there a site that would accept a massive amount of
>Megabytes like this..)

look at www.streamload.com

you are allowed 25gb free space. There is a limit on individual file
size, which, if I recall correctly, is 10mb.

km

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km - 18 Feb 2007 20:44 GMT

>>> >>> > Hi, I'm in India, I need to transfer photos to a portable HD to take
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>km

Just another point I think is important. Although you can upload 25Gb
there is a monthly download limit of 1GB which is still a fair number
of files. You can access them over a longer period of course at 1GB
per month. The carrot of this free option is that you may want to make
a payment (see site) to get a bigger download limit to recover the
photos immediately on return home.

Streamload page will pass you on to Mediamax site automatically -
there was a change sometime last year. No doubt there are plenty of
alternatives - Google "free web storage". A couple of hours would
give you plenty of time to open enough free ones to cover your
eventual storage needs. as was mentioned by another poster, it goes
without saying that Broadband speed is essential.

km

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Gizmo. - 18 Feb 2007 12:14 GMT

also can HD go thru X-ray check in airport without losing

> content in it (that would be something, for me to get back to NY and
> find all my photos deleted..)

The HDD will be fine going through x-ray.
Take the HDD in your hand luggage though. The last thing you want is some
knuckle dragging baggage handler chucking the bag containing your HDD around
!

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