Quick overview:
USB sticks are getting cheaper and cheaper, but still have to be "lugged around". Windows Live Skydrive solves this problem. [By Gerrit Grunwald]
Free storage options for images, MP3s or documents are a dime a dozen on the Internet. Rapidshare - probably the best-known provider - is now used by millions of Internet users. Years later, Microsoft also offers an online platform for storing data. Was the late start worth it? Yes!
What is the difference to other online hard disks?
Windows Live SkyDrive behaves practically like a (local) hard disk under Windows. If you have a Windows Live ID, you can immediately log in to SkyDrive log in and upload data. The upload takes place via drag & drop from Windows Explorer.
In SkyDrive itself, the uploaded documents can be distributed to folders that the user can create themselves. SkyDrive offers two main folders in the standard configuration: a public folder and one for personal documents.
All Windows Live contacts of a user have access to the public folder. The personal folder is only visible to the user themselves.
The contents of the public folder can also be linked, e.g. to make documents available to a specific workgroup. Password protection (for folders) is also possible.
SkyDrive in practice
First select the files to be uploaded.
The selected images can then be copied to a directory on the SkyDrive using drag & drop.
This was a first small insight into the world of SkyDrive. More articles and guides on this nice tool will follow.
Sincerely,
Gerrit Grunwald
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