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Where Did I Find It?

While reading for an article about the new backup solution from Microsoft that offers 5GB of space, which is really cool, considers that I am using Box that only offers 1GB. Skimming through the comment area for any tips, I saw the word 50GB stood beside free. No way, I thought, but after clicking on the link, the commenter didn’t mistype nor I misread it. Adrive.

What Does It Give You?

50GB of free, yes, free storage space for your back up needs. If that’s not enough to convince you to click the link right away, let me.

The service is still in beta, that doesn’t mean it’s filled with bugs that follow the word beta everywhere. In fact, I haven’t yet to step on any bug. This is quite heartening, since the very nature of the backup service is reliability.

What more impressive about Adrive is that it allows huge files to be uploaded, up to 2GB per file. Other services usually only offer from 10MB to 100MB limit.

Adrive accepts all kinds of files, from photos, movies, music to private documents. This means you can use it to back up your photo collection, upload collaborative documents to work with your co-workers…

How to Get the Most Out of It

The service uses Java to run the upload manager, so you may want to install the Java Runtime before uploading, or the browser will do it for you if you don’t mind a little waiting. What I really like about Adrive is it provides whole folder uploading; it will keep the folder tree exactly the way it is in your computer. After choosing the folder, you can then unselect the files you don’t want to upload, or add more files/folders. There is a 1000 files limit per upload session though.