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I recall seeing years ago a device which you would attach two USB drives to, and it would copy files from one USB device to the other. Usually two flash drives, but it would also work with sd to USB adaptive, and USB hard drives.

I can't find it again, and I want to be able to backup my photos by essentially duplicating my flash drives when they are full, and backing up to a larger USB drive.

Further, for a variety of reasons, I want to do this without using a computer. (speed, power consumption, target of theft, etc)

Any recommendations or tips?

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Does "exibackup" mean anything, or did you start typing "backup" halfway through typing "exist"? – Evan Krall Feb 23 '11 at 4:58
@Evan Wow, that's a bad one, thanks for the catch! (and yes, my fingers didn't keep up with my brain. It was originally meant to say, "...exist which backup...") – Adam Davis Feb 23 '11 at 14:19

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Maybe you recall this one: http://reviews.cnet.com/home-entertainment/belkin-usb-anywhere/4505-6449_7-31490968.html, although I can not find it on belkin's site anymore.

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That's the closest one I've seen. The one I recall had an LCD screen, and you could (painfully) decide what to transfer. – Adam Davis Mar 30 '11 at 18:56
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I'm not sure about a duplication of flash drives, but one commonly used option is something like this hard drive that copies a SD card to it. It doesn't take usb drives, but for photos it does take SD cards and CF cards.

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That one is popular, but doesn't allow me to choose my backup media. – Adam Davis Feb 23 '11 at 4:11
Indeed, true enough. – rfusca♦ Feb 23 '11 at 4:14
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I don't know of any current devices that do 1-to-1 (and by that, I mean 1-to-1 only), but I know of a bunch that will dupe anything with a USB interface 1-to-3, 1-to-7, 1-to-11, 1-to-20 or more. They're God-awful expensive, though -- they're meant for things like quickly producing USB keys of conference audio files and slides as soon as the speaker's finished. For 1-to-1 use, it's cheaper to use a computer even if that means buying a netbook (or something similar) to dedicate to the task because you don't want to occupy another computer.

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