Skydrive Issue

[stevkaprel]

After learning about Skydrive, an online file storage service within Windows Live, I uploaded a ton of media files which involved much time and effort.

Not long afterwards, I signed on to Skydrive and discovered virtually all of the uploaded files were no longer there.

I intitiated an email correspondence with Windows support which was inconclusive and then became lost in the woods

(although I was told if your account is inactive for ninety days your files would be deleted, which did not apply in my case).

I found Skydrive useful and easy to use. I'd like to go back to it but am leary of the same thing happening.

Anyone else run into this? Any suggestions?

[-pops-]

Knowing that a number of these on-line file storage firms disappeared without trace some years ago (their clients files disappearing as well) I wouldn't even trust my shopping list with one of these concerns, MS owned or not.

You have been told that files are deleted after 90 days of inactivity - what use is that for archive files? To have them disappear with any excuse at all is just not acceptable but, I suppose you will have to.

Any files of any importance at all are copied on an ongoing basis using 2nd copy to a separate hard drive and I keep regular updated clones of my drives both the "C" drive and any drives I use for files I wish to keep.