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[thehorsesmouth]

These Cloud sites would seem to be ideal for website archiving – and thanks to those who’ve pointed them out – but could someone explain why they’re any better for the storage of personal files than one’s own ‘traditional’ backup media such as CD, Flashdrive and supplementary Hard Disk?

I was still being perplexed by Fortran and punch card computers the size of wardrobes when Sinclair introduced his ZX81 so I freely admit to having continued to subsist approximately five years (come on XP Drone be honest, 15 years) behind the computing zeitgeist, so know zilch about Cloud storage

I’m no tech expert, but one of the main benefits of cloud storage is the ability to access files from anywhere, provided you have internet connection.

[Matron]

"I’m no tech expert, but one of the main benefits of cloud storage is the ability to access files from anywhere, provided you have internet connection."

Exactly,

If you really want to play-safe then utilize the services of two organizations.

I back-up everything to a second hard-drive – but, just in case of fire, flood or whatever I use "OneDrive" for cloud-storage.

I just love the way you can setup how and what you want to "sync" automatically.

[Drone]

Thanks both

Good point about fire and flood, and theft too

Long felt my spiritual home is in the clouds, so up up and away

[Jimsun]

Am I the only one wise/<b class=”font-size-150″>sad</b>/narcissistic/obsessive enough to have kept a Word file of every post and email I’ve ever sent? 943 pages of Baskerville 12-point and counting <!– s:? –><!– s:? –>

Drone,

That is sad, I must say; that is really, really sad. Tut, tut.

But then again, that is pretty much what I do myself too!!

Not that I am anything like a regular contributor/correspondent at all, mind.

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