backup file hosting?? 10+ GB range ...

[97JeepTJ 10+ year member]

anybody know where i can find a good file backup hosting service so i can upload about 15 gb of files too while i reformat my hard drive? If its free, its the best ...

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[AznRevlAzn 10+ year member]

nope, unless you buy one for rent or something, just back up on cd's, it may be a hassle, but it's worth it in the end.

 

[packerfan 10+ year member]

nope, unless you buy one for rent or something, just back up on cd's, it may be a hassle, but it's worth it in the end.

How? Might as well get an external HD or ipod if you have alot of pix/music.

 

[Gauntlet 5,000+ posts]

Archiving is a must if you have a lot of data, you never know when something might go wrong with your HD. Although doing it with CD's almost defeats the purpose, especially with how cheap you can get the material for DVD's now.

 

[AznRevlAzn 10+ year member]

indeed, again, just burn everything on discs, again it's a hassle, but it's the best thing to do, i have at least..., 76 DVD-R's worth of data from bacling up files, movies, mp3's, ****, everything i even have stuff from elementary chool on 3.5"s, lol.

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

Archiving is a must if you have a lot of data, you never know when something might go wrong with your HD.

e.g.- A month ago my laptop suddenly shat on me while I was listening to music on it. Turns out the HD failed which was apperantly a common problem with my model. $300-$1700 (BS quote) to recover the information. Thousands of pictures lost, hundreds of movies and so much shit that was important, and I never backed it up on disk. Did the desktop but never thought to do the laptop //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[HiAmplidude 10+ year member]

Your upstream speed would have to be screamin' fast to make uploading 15GB a feasible option. Let's say your broadband has a 128kbps upstream. It would take approximately 279.62 hours to upload 15GB.

Best options would be archive to DVD, add a second hard drive to store data, or use an external drive for your backup.

 

[danteBirosel 5,000+ posts]

backup your harddrive with DVDs.

read this short article about backing up huge amount of space

http://webserver.computoredge.com/editorial/prg/edframe.mv?zone=SD&article=cover&issue=2337

 

[97JeepTJ 10+ year member]

only got a cd/r/rw burner on my laptop :/ ...

 

[HiAmplidude 10+ year member]

External USB hard drive... You'll love yourself (in the solitude of a nice locked bathroom with a good magazine or 2) for getting one anyway.

Check http://www.pricegrabber.com for options (note: watch out for crappy dealers. NewEgg is always the best). Hit http://www.FatWallet.com to see if there are any current "spectacular" deals out there.

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

I am lazy, so I just bought a crapload of Hard Drives and made a file server with A RAID 5 array. It's not as fullproof as backing to optical, but it's pretty reliable and a lot more convenient.