Krzysztof Bu?ko asks:
Hi,
I have a lot of photos (about 25GB) I have been taking for years. I would like to organize them and have them backup in the cloud (my disks like to crash, and data recovery is expensive). It would be great if there is free solution, I’m currently using Windows 8.
Can anyone suggest a good, free service? If not free, then cheap!
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System: Windows 8
Tagged: backup, cloud storage, online backup, windows 8, windows tips
System: Windows 8
Tagged: backup, cloud storage, online backup, windows 8, windows tips
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Monica Phalswal
December 19, 2012You can use SkyDrive(7 gb free) or GoogleDrive(5 gb free). Either you can make multiple accounts to use it for free or you can buy more space:)
Junil Maharjan
December 19, 2012Sync them to dropbox or skydrive or google drive. but these only offer limited free space. you will have to buy the rest of space or you can use different cloud services for all the photos. there are many cloud backup services now a days.
John Smith
December 19, 2012Most free cloud services offer a limited space , so if you really want to backup all your photos you may need to pay for a suscription in services like dropbox or similars.
Lisa Santika Onggrid
December 19, 2012Dropbox is seamless, but you’ll need to purchase extra storage. Have you considered Google Drive or Box? You can get 50GB in Box if you sign up for a new account in conjunction with Fetchnotes. It’s a good deal. If you already have Google account (which is very likely) then Google Drive is okay.
Kelly Nice
December 19, 2012google drive is the best and fast service i used
Rajaa Chowdhury
December 19, 2012Windows 8 integrated SkyDrive Cloud service and you can then buy the extra space required.
ha14
December 19, 2012Adrive 50GB free space
http://www.adrive.com/personal_basic
Krzysztof Bu?ko
December 19, 2012Ok, thanks for so many replies
the Adrive seems to be biggest free cloud storage. But what about second part of the question ? organizing photos. what are the best applications for this ?
ADrive have no Desktop application in free version :/
December 19, 2012shaurya gupta
December 19, 2012U can use skydrive coz it is already integrated with windows 8….
susendeep dutta
December 19, 2012Bitcasa might be a best solution for you with infinite storage solution.It has recently launched Windows 8 client.
Bitcasa brings limitless cloud storage to Android and Windows 8 today, iOS in January -
http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/18/bitcasa-brings-limitless-cloud-storage-to-android-and-windows-8/
from early 2013 Bitcasa will be free up to 10 GB but it’s quite much until i’ll find enough firends to get them as referrals in Dropbox
December 19, 2012Parth Nagvadia
December 19, 2012u can use dropbox or google drive………….
http://www.dropbox.com
http://www.drive.google.com
Nicola De Ieso
December 22, 2012You should use SugarSync that in the new version beta 2 introduced new useful functions and improvements than the old version 1. The free space is 5 gb and you can arrive up to 32 gb.
Gordon Simmons
December 24, 2012Have you considered moving all your data to Amazon Glacier Cloud? Very affordable solution to upload TBs of data, the solution am using Zoolz is costing me 3$/100GB a month and yes it is compatible with Windows 8.
I can assure all will be heading to use the glacier technology in no time, worth checking out.
Rohit Jhawer
December 24, 2012Skydrive used to give 25gb space now it gives 7, Check how much space do you have.
Else I have a simple solution. Use Picasa to upload all your photos to Picasa web albums. But make sure you change the default upload setting to Medium (1024) This way you can upload any Number of photos to Picasa for free. Or you can use Google+ to upload all the photos. There is a similar way with SkyDrive but it will consume less space. Skydrive if you have 25gb space else Picasa. Got few other alternatives.
I’didn’t know I can upload any number of photos to picasa
Thanks for this wonderfull news 
I have made Skydrive lately so i have only 7GB.
December 24, 2012hades same
December 26, 2012skydriver is very good as both are recommended dropbox
Callum Cockburn
December 28, 2012Loads of these, i like Dropbox, which is faster and easier than Skydrive or google drive
Christin
December 29, 2012If you want to keep your photos resolution but upload/download it in faster connection then I think Dropbox is the best solution. Otherwise, Box is cool too, since they are giving away free 50GB space now till end of Dec. Box also adapts Dripbox sync system by adding sync folders on your PC.
If you like to blog (like me), I recommend Minus http://minus.com. They gives 50GB storage to upload photos & music files only. It has option to share your photos in html code which is neat.
Igor Rizvi?
January 13, 2013You can use dropbox,you can use diskdrive…google drive…bunch of free and with enough space