Digital Photo from SPECTACULAR 2003, copyright (c) Jim Doty, Jr.

Charlotte K. Lowrie: Two weeks ago, I walked into my office, raised the lid of my laptop, and was greeted with a one-line error message: “Can’t read from drive C:.” This was far too simple a message for such a total failure. I looked at the screen expecting solicitous condolences or maybe an apology. None were forthcoming. . . .

Ah, the perils of storing digital photos. Lowrie provides a perspective on the issue that I raised in my April 26 post (see below or in the Archives for April). She has opted for external hard drives to backup up digital photos. I prefer to use external hard drives AND high quality CD-R discs.

Read Lowrie’s article here.