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Any ideas about cheap, easy and secure short term data storage?
I currently have a 250gb external portable hard drive which has started to go on the "blink" as it is only recognised sometimes when i plug it into various usb ports like my ps3, laptop or PC at work and it also sometimes makes a horrible clicking sound. It has a 2 year warranty so i shall be sending it back to the manufacturers for replacement or repair. Before i do that that i will need to back up the 180+gb of files that i have stored on the device. I hoping that i can get some suggestions or ideas on the cheapest, easiest and safest way to do that. I don't have enough space on any of my other devices to move the files over, buying another hard drive seems somewhat counter productive. Maybe theres a free/cheap online service where i could upload my data securely until i receive my new hard drive? Or maybe there is some other way i could store my files for a while? Any suggestions at all would be appreciated.
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
there are many websites where you can store your files but 180gb will take a long time to upload the website I used to back up my files was called humyo and I also use glide os 4. what you could do is make an iso file (which is just a compressed version of your files) or make zipped/compressed folders and upload them to your accound on humyo.com. Its free for 10gb and its $7 per month for 100gb. another website back which is really cool is called glide os 4 which is 30gb for free and 250gb for $5 a month (which is a way better deal than humyo) so I would defiantly use glide os 4. hope this helps :D
Source(s): https://account.glidesociety.com/register/ - 1 decade ago
There are some online solutions which offer free online storage in small amounts like Dropbox which offers 1Gb free and charges for larger storage.It might seem a bit messy but web-based email like Yahoo and Gmail are good ways to store data.
- ?Lv 45 years ago
It will also take A LONG time to upload 200 GB to an online service. I would suggest buying an external hard drive. If you cant afford one atm you could ask friends or buy one and return it when you are done with it.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Back up all your files as compressed or zip files asap to CD-RW's or DVD-RW's. They are reusable. Failing that get yourself another hard drive or a friend (you trust) with another external H/D
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- zoomjetLv 71 decade ago
Your data may be at risk - you should copy it over to another hard drive asap!
