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How To Scan Photos in Bulk from Albums

Tim Cinel — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:01:06 +0000

Most of us save the photos we take on our computer which makes sharing photos, viewing photos and backing up photos much easier – so how do we get all of those photos we took before we had a digital camera into the computer? We scan them, and this guide will tell you how.Open “Paint” ( Can be found under Start > Programs > Accessories” )

In Paint, click “From Scanner or Camera”

Load your photo or photosheet (whole sheet of photos) into the scanner – photo facing down.

Select whether you want Colour or Grayscale. If you want, you can shrink the scan area if the photo is smaller than A4.

Click Scan to scan the photograph.

Once the photo shows up in Paint, click “File > Save As”

If this is the first photo or photosheet (page of photos), make a new folder by right-clicking in a blank space, then clicking “New > Folder”

Double-click on the folder that you want to save all of the scanned photos. (You should save them in the same folder)

Enter a unique name. You can use a base-name and a number if you like, eg. Photo1, photo2, etc

Make sure “Save as Type” is “JPEG”

Click “Save”. The photo or photosheet is saved.

If you want to scan more, click “File > From Scanner or Camera” then and repeat steps from here.

Backing Up to Multiple Memory Sticks

Tim Cinel — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:20:39 +0000

When you have more data to backup than you can fit on one memory stick, you can distribute the data across two or more.

To begin, open “My Computer” by clicking “Start > My Computer”

Browse to “My Pictures” by double-clicking “Stuff” and then “My Pictures”

Select about half of the folders by clicking and dragging a rectangle around them. Start dragging in a blank space (as picture suggests).

Right-click one of the selected files and click “Properties”

If the “Size on Disk” value is greater than the capacity of the memory stick, try a smaller selection. On the other hand, if the “Size on Disk” is significantly lower than the capacity, you can select more folders.

Otherwise, copy the selection to your memory stick by either:
Right clicking on a selected folder and clicking “Send To” and selecting the Memory Stick.
Right-click a selected folder, click “Copy” then browse to the memory stick and right-click and paste.

Changing External Hard Drive Letter in Windows

Tim Cinel — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:54:42 +0000

Sometimes for reasons unknown, Windows may change your backup drive’s letter. If you use it for automated backup purposes, this will interrupt your backup regime and needs to be addressed as soon as possible.

To restore the allocated letter for your drive, click the ‘Change Backup Drive Letter’ icon on the desktop, or click “Start > Run” and type “diskmgmt.msc” and click “Ok”.

Locate your Backup drive in the list, right-click it and then click “Change Drive Letter and Paths…”

Click the “Change” Button

From the list, select the letter that the drive is supposed to have.

Click “Ok”, and if asked if you’re sure click “Yes”.

Close all windows that you’ve opened for this tutorial, and you are done.

Burning Photos to CD or DVD using Picasa

Tim Cinel — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:46:08 +0000

Burning your photos to a CD or DVD can be useful for many things such as taking your photos to get printed, sharing them with friends, keeping them for backup purposes. Here’s how to do it if you use Picasa:

Open Picasa

On the left hand side, click one of the folders containing the photos you want to burn to CD

Near the top, click “Gift CD”

If you want to put photos from other folders on the disc too, click “Add More…”

Tick each of the other folders you’d like to include in the CD/DVD

Choose a name for the CD

Click “Burn Disc”

Wait a few minutes and Picasa will ask if you want to eject the CD or DVD.

That’s it, now you have a copy of those photos on a portable disc.