saving photos from laptop

pegginout

I have lots of photos on my laptop & want to save them somehow.
Can anyone advise me on an easy way to do this?

Do I need a memory stick? and if so how much memory on it will I need for approx 500 pics?

I use IE & Windows vista if that helps
TIA x

diable

Don't rely on a memory stick as they can fail as well as an external drive, if you have 500 photo's then they can rage in size from 1 meg each to 10 meg each dependent on camera. You could copy them to Facebook or Photobucket so you have a copy as well as burning them to a DVD.

[Deleted User]

Let's say an average digital image from a camera is 5MB.

So 500 * 5 = 2500 MB or 2.4 GB. Given USB sticks are so cheap you could get a 4GB one or a 16GB one for not much more.

bat999

Hi
If you put all the photos in a folder, then right-click 'Properties' will show you the size (in MBs).

debitcardmayhem

Has your laptop got a DVD/CD writer , burn them on to blank disks (and check you can still read them) then repeat the same and save the second disk at parents/siblings/childrens house.

pegginout

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Has your laptop got a DVD/CD writer , burn them on to blank disks (and check you can still read them) then repeat the same and save the second disk at parents/siblings/childrens house.

thanks, do I use a cd or a dvd to save photos?
xx