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Blossom · 10-15-2011, 07:05 PM

I don't have a problem with Cloud storage but I wouldn't use them as a primary backup. I'm old school. I backup everything to discs twice.

Hard Drives fail even ones not so old. I had to replace my hard drive this last week after it failed and it wasn't even two years old. It use to be a hard drive lasted 5 years or more. Not so it seems ever other year I have to get a new drive now. Western Digital isn't what it use to be

So the more backup copies of your data the better. As for privacy. I wouldn't trust cloud storage for important things but for ebooks, music and transferring between PCs it works great!

I do have externals and they saved me heartbreak this week as I was able to get my stuff backed up before my drive went kaput.

10-15-2011, 07:05 PM	#39
Blossom Treasure Seeker Posts: 18,708 Karma: 26026435 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kobo HD Glo, Kindles, Kindle Fires, Andriod Devices	I don't have a problem with Cloud storage but I wouldn't use them as a primary backup. I'm old school. I backup everything to discs twice. Hard Drives fail even ones not so old. I had to replace my hard drive this last week after it failed and it wasn't even two years old. It use to be a hard drive lasted 5 years or more. Not so it seems ever other year I have to get a new drive now. Western Digital isn't what it use to be So the more backup copies of your data the better. As for privacy. I wouldn't trust cloud storage for important things but for ebooks, music and transferring between PCs it works great! I do have externals and they saved me heartbreak this week as I was able to get my stuff backed up before my drive went kaput.