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Are online backup services useful for one-time transfers?
Alright, well, here's the situation:
I'm getting a new computer soon. I've used the computer I currently have for four years, and thus it possesses a lot of the data that I've accumulated since then (500GB+ music, 50GB+ movies, 50GB+ games). Therefore, I intend to use either an ONLINE BACKUP SERVICE or an EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE for a one-time transfer from my old computer to my new computer.
So, my question is: do online backup services provide such a service? Am I allowed to do that? It clearly costs less (assuming a one-month subscription), but I'm unsure of the reliability in comparison to an external hard drive.
Any input is appreciated.
[Chris]
That would have been optimal, but I'm upgrading my hard drive for my new computer. My current hard drive is 1TB, and the new one is 2TB.
The reason I said the online backup service would be cheaper is because I'd most likely be getting the "CrashPlan Family plan" for $14/month. I'd only pay for the first month. It's unlimited storage.
5 Answers
- Anonymous8 years agoFavorite Answer
If you are getting a new computer, you can just remove the hard drive from your old computer and install it into your new computer and keep all the files you have.
I would not get an online backup service because some require a 1 year membership and fee. If your only options are online backup service or external hard drive, I would get the external hard drive so you have something useful in the future.
- DreamerLv 48 years ago
I think that an external hard drive of 1000 gigabytes will be much better! Online data storage doesn't enable service for such LARGE backup, as far as I know! But you might ask further.,
Source(s): Personal opinion! - popcornLv 58 years ago
An external HD is going to be much cheaper than online back up. I would only use online back up for my most precious data, not films.
Another option is to use the old HD as an external HD, just by a usb enclosure for it, very cheap.
- 7 years ago
Asigra works perfect and its dead cheap for the technology you get!! i am using it the last 3 years to backup online my sensitive and useful data and the best thing i centalize now all my backup of PC, NOTEBOOK, TABLET AND MOBILE PHONE TO ONE LOCATION.
External HDDs is just a waste of money, you duplicate data and there is a lot of pain backing up and keep updated your latest versions and eventually hdds crashes
