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    Windows Live SkyDrive moves out of beta, increases to 5GB

    Fancy yourself some free online storage? Well, Microsoft's free Windows Live SkyDrive is no longer a beta and the official release now provides a rather handy 5GBs of free online storage.
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    Re: Windows Live SkyDrive moves out of beta, increases to 5GB

    I just signed up for this to back up some essentials files (mainly family photo's) off site, as well as the household back-up server.
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    Re: Windows Live SkyDrive moves out of beta, increases to 5GB

    I'm always wary of services like these. Would you trust someone enough to leave a boxfull of your photos and cd's in their house indefinitely? I wouldn't!

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    Re: Windows Live SkyDrive moves out of beta, increases to 5GB

    Would you trust someone to keep all your money 'safe'?

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    Re: Windows Live SkyDrive moves out of beta, increases to 5GB

    I see your point, but money doesn't hold any sentimental value to me. If someone lost my money, I would expect to get it back, but if someone lost my personal photographs, that would be quite different. It's a bit of a moot point though, as people should only use it as a backup!

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    Re: Windows Live SkyDrive moves out of beta, increases to 5GB

    Quote Originally Posted by Steve B View Post
    I'm always wary of services like these. Would you trust someone enough to leave a boxfull of your photos and cd's in their house indefinitely? I wouldn't!
    I'd be quite trusting of these backup systems, if your doing high enough volume, 5gig is easy to archive.

    What i wouldn't trust is what they'd do with the data. Now where did i put my tin foil hat.
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