looking for help with backup and moving files

[krista]

I just found this wonderful board and I hope someone here is smarter than I am :).

I want to move some files off of my computer onto an external hard drive. BUT I also want those moved files to be in more than one location just in case.

So, I have 2 shiny external hard drives sitting next me. I want to move a bunch of pictures off my computer onto them plus backup all the remaining pictures onto them. Sounds simple, but here's where I keep confusing myself.

Once pictures are moved onto one of the externals, they are no longer on the computer to be part of the backup I do onto the other external. So how do I get ALL of my pictures (those on the c drive and those moved to an external) to be on BOTH external hard drives?

At the moment I'm thinking I need to move and back up through PSE 6 onto one drive and then copy that drive onto the other through windows. I know the one I do through windows won't play nice with PSE 6 but at least I would have the files if the worst would happen. Or would the restore function also move the "moved files" that are moved off of my c drive?

I hope this made sense. The whole thing gives me a headache!!! I would really appreciate any advice any of you have!!!! Thanks!

Krista,
the woman who follows her 3 children around with an Olympus C8080 and organizes and edits them on PSE 6

[riversidema]

Right click on the folder that holds the pictures that you want to copy. Select the copy option. Go to the drive that you want the back up on and right click, paste.
You haven't moved them, just placed a copy of them now.

If there are a LOT of pictures, you might want to do smaller folders or batches of pictures at a time rather than pasting 3 gigs at once....