Windows Skydrive Storage
Last Updated on Sunday, 6 December 2009 08:28 Written by Alan Monday, 7 December 2009 07:00
How would you like 25GB of free storage? That’s what Microsoft offers with their Skydrive service. Back up your most important files to the cloud – a safe, remote location. Plus, you can then access those files from any PC on any network.
So, let’s get started. First, if you don’t already have a Microsoft Live account then you will need to sign up for one here. This is handy to have for many Microsoft free services.
1. Once you have registered you can go to Skydrive.
2. Now you will see your various folder options where files can be uploaded to.
3. Now comes the part that Microsoft definitely needs to improve upon – uploading your files. There are a few third-party solutions that can improve this process and I will take a look at those in a future post. For now, this is the way provided by Skydrive.
After clicking on one of the folders (in this case Photos) you can choose Add.
4. You are now presented with a screen which will allow you to upload up to 5 individual files at a time. That is the drawback that I will address in a future posting – allowing uploads of more files or even entire folders.
For now, though, this is enough to get you started towards off-site backup of your files. Yes, local backup is good, but a second, off-site, backup is also a necessity in case of disaster.
