Its that time again,when i get on my high horse about the merits of backing up your data,

only this time i have a special little program to tell everyone about..

Its called Windows live Skydrive and it may be accessed from this link. http://skydrive.live.com/

What is Skydrive.

Windows SkyDrive is a nice online storage spot to upload some of your files you’d like to be able to grab anytime, anywhere. It is open to Windows Live customers all it takes is a simple visit and login and you’re up and running They’re offering 25GB of space which is a large piece of storage to dump all your important files of all types.

 

Getting Started

To get started, point your browser to http://skydrive.live.com/and sign in.

You have to have a Windows Live account to use this service but most people will have one of these and if not it only takes a minute or two to sign up for one. Once you have  sign in and accepted the EULA, you will be able to get started uploading some of your important backup files.

 

 

The SkyDrive Dropbox

The SkyDrive dropbox is easy to navigate and look at with all the shortcuts at a simple glance. Here is an image of the frontpage.

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The personal folders have a default setting of not sharing their contents. This is of course the security level that most users are going to want to stick with. One nice feature is the “Public Folders” section whereby you can upload anything and make it visible to the world or just a select few of your contacts. The default for the “Public Folders” is obviously, viewable to all.

As a matter of fact, each folder gives you that explicit ability….to add/remove anyone from your contact list or just by email as a reader or viewer of your documents.

Uploads

Uploading content to SkyDrive is as easy as uploading to any other upload site.

 

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Just point your “Browse” button to any file on your hard drive or network drive and SkyDrive will take care of the rest.

The only drawback to this service is that you’re locked into only 50MB uploads per file,but this should not cause too many problems for most users.

Skydrive is an excellent free resource that will more than suffice for the backup and storage of most home users documents and files.

 

Try it out You may like it and it may just save you the hassle of losing your valuable data.

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