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1282019 2012-06-18 02:09:00 They have had some major outages. August and September last year and another problem returning URL's and Aussies had a major outage this year. Personally I would look elsewhere.

new Skydrive was launched in April 2012
nmercer (3899)
1282020 2012-06-18 02:26:00 new Skydrive was launched in April 2012
You say new but they were still outages running on MS gear.
mikebartnz (21)
1282021 2012-06-18 04:22:00 I have been using carbonite for about 3 years, never had an outage, very happy. robsonde (120)
1282022 2012-06-18 06:47:00 +1 for dropbox. They even have an application you can download, which will sync chosen folders on your computer to their online storage. forrest44 (754)
1282023 2012-06-18 06:49:00 Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I will look into those options mentioned. learning (5137)
1282024 2012-06-18 07:22:00 I use Skydrive myself and never had a problem in all the time its been operating.

Mike made the comment "Who can tell these days after MegaUpload. "

The way I look at it, some places will be here today gone tomorrow, along with all data. I'd never use any cloud based location as a primary source, only as backups.
The chances of Microsofts Skydrive disappearing over night is slim, and even if it were to close for some reason there would always be a good deal of time advised before hand.
wainuitech (129)
1282025 2012-06-18 07:27:00 +1 ChazTheGeek (16619)
1282026 2012-06-18 07:30:00 I use www.box.com for myself and somehow managed to get my account upgraded to 50GB for free!
The only problem is you are limited to a max file size of 100MB on the free accounts.
There is also doesn't appear to be any official www.box.com software to install on your PC to upload/sync your files so you have to do it via the website.
I don't use it all that often so never bothered to look for a solution.
CYaBro (73)
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