Online backups for free
I got an email from a person with a hotmail address the other day. At the bottom of the email was an advertisement for Windows Live Skydrive with 25GB of free online storage. That struck me as a very good deal as most free online backup and sharing services limit you to 2-5 GB. Everyone should back up their files regularly. Ask yourself what you are willing to lose if your computer is lost, stolen, or the hard drive just craps out. Do you have your pictures, financial files, resume stored on your computer? If so you should have that backed up. Having worked in desktop support and system administration roles I know failed hard drives are a daily occurence. The good news is there are great and free ways to backup your important files like Skydrive and others. Some are strictly for backup and others like Skydrive allow you to share files, link pictures and videos to blogs…Here is a list of solutions to check out with a great comparison chart.
http://lifehacker.com/5064688/online-storage-feature+by+feature-comparison-chart
The is a new kid on the block – online backup product that will come out later this month called CloudBerryDrive. It will be
powered by amazon S3 reliable and cost efficient storage. If you want to take part in early beta and perhaps get a discount
later sign up on the website http://cloudberrydrive.com What safer place to keep your files than Amazon’s servers?
I was looking at doing a free backup on mozy.com Says it is 2gb for FREE. Is it better to just pay for one because you get what you pay for? Or are you okay with doing free data backups? Thanks, jenny
@jennymassThe MozyHome free service is the same as the paid service so you are getting a good deal. That being said, $4.95 a month for unlimited data is a good deal as well.
@cloudberryman
I’ll check it out. Thanks.