OK Guys.Most of you know me very well.I have a 4GB PNY that i used when i bought the laptop and Picasa did not load onto the PNY.
1.Is a 4GB large enough?
2.If so how can i wipe it clean?
3.When i plug an empty 4gb or larger,into my PC will i be able to load only Picasa? Rember i am a Techno. Idiot.

Good for a techie (sort of, see below), but far beyond the abilities of the average users.

BUT, I have little trust for consumer level RAID, hardware, software whatever.
Although I havenit dealt with one for a year or so.
My experience was at a client, a prior contractor had setup a RAID and it failed. They had no clue how to recover it, the doc was OK, not good just ok. But it didn't work, their tech support was even less help, including their level 2 who basically told me they'd never tried it, so he could just follow the doc.
I have also read a few articles that express the same.

Backups (multiple) are the best insurance, fortunately the client did have a pretty good backup setup as well.

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I was always taught to respect my elders.
I don't have to respect too many people anymore.

When you plug it in, it should appear as a regular disk drive.
Maybe removable drive.
Delete the files from it.
You do not need to install Picassa on it, just locate the files you want (photos probably ???.JPG) and copy them to it.
Just like you copy files from folder to folder or ??

Drag and drop, probably the directory.

But you have to identify where that directory is.

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1990 500SL

I was always taught to respect my elders.
I don't have to respect too many people anymore.

It truly is about as hard as installing a video card - nothing compared to the routine tasks we do or guide others through on this site every day.

We'll just as we rely upon the more senior, experienced and knowledgeable members to "show us the way" (I'll think fondly of gsxr for a long time because of his wastegate mod) do the same thing here.

I have quickly, easily and clearly told you where to go, what to buy, what it will cost. I'm speaking from experience.

If someone has a question, then ask, it's not hard, no ones going to make fun of you (well some might but it wont be me ).

I meant what I said about sleeping easily. Spend $50, put a 1.5 TB drive in your fireproof safe, have your system on a reputable RAID, wow, your data has a better chance of surviving then you do.

OK Thanks

OK When i plug it into my laptop to transfer Pictures and Picasa,the Pictures downloaded but Picasa did not. I got a message stating that i should find the path.??????

Have you got Picasa on your laptop?

I guess you need to download that program to make it "look the same" as your other computer - by "look the same" to make it familiar - same screen / window etc etc etc

http://picasa.google.com/index.html##

Is where you can download it and instal it on your laptop if it isn't already there.

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I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

I'm a computer tech for a living. Here's the easiest way to get your pics onto the usb drive:

Insert the usb drive into your pc
close any windows that pop up after inserting
go to My documents, then My Pictures
left click on any ONE folder or picture
now hold down the CTRL key and push the A key (which selects all)
now without moving the mouse anywhere, right click and select "send to 'name of usb drive' "

If your drive is a KIngston brand, it will probably appear as E:Kingston for instance.

BTW, the pictures are NOT stored in Picasa, they are where ever you saved them, which is usually in My Pictures. Picasa simply finds them and add them to it's list of photos. Some cameras will save them in a totally different spot, like /program files/Olympus.

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Launch Picasa and follow these directions:

Select the photos you'd like to export.
Click the Export button in the Photo Tray.
In the 'Export to Folder' window, select your export settings:

* Choose an export location (your flash drive) and enter a name for the exported folder.
Click OK.

Your exported images are now saved on your flash drive in the location you specified. In Picasa, you can find these photos in the 'Exported Pictures' collection.

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GOT IT! It worked.Thanks for all of your help.

Good news.

Now get another flash drive somewhere. They sell these at computer stores, but also at big-box stores like Wal-Mart and Target. They often go on sale.

Do the same thing with that flash drive, and give it to a relative for safe keeping.