My computer is garbage so I will be restoring it back to factory settings. Problem is I have A LOT of pictures/memories that I don't want to lose.

Go to target...but a $60 external hard drive that will hold thousands of pics, files, etc, and empty your computer...good idea anyway in case it was to ever crash, get stolen, etc...

You can get the little keychain external hard drive thingys for $10 plug it in your computers esb, download and then all your pics go where you go! You can view them on any computer or when you get a new computer download and save there.

Look at setting up an account with MiMedia. It is an online data storage thing. You can upload all of your stuff there, and then get it back when you're done.

I agree. Go buy an external hard drive that is slightly larger than your computer's hard drive.

This one is good ... 500Gb Toshiba External Hard drive

I have not seen a thumb drive big enough to hold all the pictures on a computer. There may be one, but I haven't seen it. 

This is the biggest one I found and it's $130. 64Gb Flash Drive

You can also transfer all of your pictures and documents to CDs and DVDs (pictures).

I've always just emailed all my pictures to myself. Its a pain in the butt when I reboot and want to put them all back onto the computer. But its safe, and its free.

I have two external hard drives (I like Clickfree). I back up all of our files, and keep one in our safe deposit box at the bank. Since I have a lot of business files on my computer, I do that to make sure everything would be safe if there was a fire or something in my house. All of our personal pictures and videos are on the Clickfree, too. They hold tons of files. Whenever I back up a large amount, I switch out the drives, so there is always a current copy away from my house.

walmart has a photo place where you can upload photos to print. they store them for more then a year..

Didn't you save your pictures on your hard drive? If so, an external hard drive is your best bet.