Microsoft cloud storage

I have a Samsung S10+ phone, the third Samsung phone in a row - and each one has had the Samsung Cloud service to back up settings, files, photos etc. That's been useful enabling me to transfer my data onto my new phone each time.

Recently, I got a message from Samsung saying that they are withdrawing from the cloud storage market and that Microsoft is taking over my cloud account, giving it 1TB storage. It also offered to sync my phone to my laptop using my Microsoft account. I took them up on the offer and now have a backup of my phone data and laptop data (30GB has been chugging up the line all afternoon), in addition to my usual external HDD back-up.

I raise this as I'm soon to start building my new desktop and it's made me question how much storage I'll need in it. I have a 1TB M2 Samsung Evo Plus SSD to hold system, programme and working files, including using partitions. With the cloud storage, I really wonder whether I need anything else.

Has anyone else taken this into account with their storage considerations?

Yes I no longer keep a backup drive inside my pc. Backups go to an external drive and to a Nas. I use the Synology cloud to backup my Nas.

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Originally Posted by Ciber

Yes I no longer keep a backup drive inside my pc. Backups go to an external drive and to a Nas. I use the Synology cloud to backup my Nas.

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Interesting. I'll be converting my old PC to be a file server/NAS to help, as well, so your approach supports my idea not to get anymore storage inside the new rig.

This has been Apple's model for some time.

For general file storage on a Windows computer, you can use onedrive for standard backup. There is a 30 day recycle bin for business one drive and if you want to make the backup easier you can use folder redirection on your main document folders. With windows 10 it gets even better as OneDrive will manage your storage to upload files to the cloud that are not commonly used and stream them when you need them. Personally, i use onedrive and divert all folders. I do the same on my laptop so onedrive becomes the hub for my files and my desktop, documents & pictures are replicated on both devices.

I still do a local backup as I find the online services are worth a hard drive per year. If the prices are more reasonable then I will move to online backup

Externa hard drive and cloud storage are both for me

I have both external and cloud backup...