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Posted 31 March 2011
1 Year UNLIMITED Online Backup For £1 Today Only! @ HDGnet
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Title says it all really, 1 quid for 1 year.... usually £24
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sorted byBasic process would be:
1) Create a truecrypt container on your home pc of a suitable size to store the backup (keep it relatively small for your most important stuff as remember you are going to have to upload it which may take a while if its large)
2) Bear in mind you can't resize the container afterwards so think carefully beforehand
2) Upload the container to HDG
3) Mount the container using truecrypt on your home pc
4) Upload your files into the truecrypt container stored on HDG
5) When you're finished, dismount the container
6) Voila! Encrypted data that no one look at (including yourself if you forget the password).
I've used Truecrypt for many years and find it is good to encrypt large amounts of data into a single file or volume. So, I have a file or disk volume several GB in size, encrypted and stored on a pen drive and kept in the office.. perfectly safe offsite backup option! Don't need anything else...
If you still need an online option - IMHO, using Truecrypt can be a pain for for online backups.. especially if you want random access to a single file.
If I want one 10KB excel file from an online backup, I have to access/download 4GB+ of data and decrypt to get 10KB...!?
Solution ?? Use AxCrypt instead.. (http://www.axantum.com/axcrypt/)
Axcrypt integrates into Windows shell and can create password protected files (including .exes) which have a high level of security.
So when you upload these single files to your online backup, you can have a random access to the files you need..
ps: not affiliated to any of these companies.
A good way to celebrate World Backup Day!
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Usually it's encrypted.
Not very well.
There's a Mac "Tech Preview" but it isn't very good. No Linux options either.
Works great with WIndows though.
There's a beta type version released last year, but is a bit patchy as it only works for some people. Livedrive have said an updated official release version is due any day now.
Also I notice this is the Ops first deal, am I being paranoid in thinking the Op may be affiliated in some way with this company?
Any random person could go buy a reseller account and then post their £1/year deal on HUKD and make a fortune.
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An alternative would be purchase one of the unlimited google accounts on ebay (I think they use US education accounts) and use some software called cloudbacko to backup to google, the home version is free cloudbacko.com
Very tempted as I know exactly how it feels to lose all your data, even when it's backed up on-site
I've had this for couple of months and can recommend the service as is unlimited storage and number of PCs and it max out my broadband speed for upload/download. Before I signed up I couldn't find a vendor that offered all this for a reasonable cost for my 80GB of personal data.
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exactly - signing up is the easy part, taking this forward to year 2 will be a pain
From livedrive.com/ter…use
Remember to cancel it in 1 years time, or they'll charge you. Usual marketing ploy.
still though, for £24 a year, it's pretty competitive for what the offer is.
It's cheap at £24, but I now have a year to see if they are any good before paying that much.
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Dropbox isn't unlimited
Fire or theft takes your primary computer and the backup then you've had it.
I wouldn't store anything online unless it is appropriately protected though so I'll read up on it before signing up.
Yo ucan always zip it and apssword protect it. This is for backup, not instant access