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Macrium Reflect
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Can mount backups like a hard drive
You can mount backups, then browse them in explorer to search for files and copy them back.
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Bit complex for a new user - best if you're experienced with computers
Not ideal for really basic users.
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Recovery boot menu
The recovery boot menu enables directly booting to the recovery environment from the Windows OS selection menu, without the need to burn a recovery disk or USB flash drive.
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Incredibly intrusive - computer becomes unusable during backups
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Multiple backup methods
Supports full, differential, incremental.
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Incremental only for pro users
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Automatic schedule password protection
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Installation needs a restart
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The only cloning/imaging software we could get to work with Intel SRT
Odd tech like RAID arrays and Intel SRT cause a lot of cloning or imaging software to just give up, but Macrium is dedicated to updating the Reflect package to actually work with everything
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Has some odd behaviours around cloning
For example, you can resize partitions when resizing but you need to drag each partition from the top area to the bottom yourself instead of allowing it to auto populate the field.
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Nifty scheduler
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Clone laptop drive
Can clone a laptop Hard Disk to an SSD for instance, see SSD replacement for ASUS X53S. Assuming you have another drive with sufficient free space to hold the entirety of your current drive: Download and install Macrium Reflect Run that, and create a Rescue CD or USB (you'll use this later). "Other Tasks" In the Macrium client, create an Image to some other drive. External USB HDD, maybe. Select all partitions. This results in a file of xxxx.mrimage When done, power OFF. Swap the 2 drives Boot up from the Rescue USB you created earlier. Recover, and tell it where the Image is that you created in step 3, and which drive to apply it to...the new SSD Go, and wait until it finishes.
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Easy XML File for editing schedules, etc.
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Supports Live CD
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Incremental backup
During the free trial or in the paid versions.
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DriveImage XML
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4
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Hot images
Can backup while the drive is in use.
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UI looks dated
The user interface looks dated.
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Run from CD
Can run from a live CD, useful when your system disk has crashed.
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Copy drive to drive
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Compact
Less than 2 Mb in size.
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Platforms:
Windows
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FreeFileSync
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It supports multiple protocols
It will work with MTP, FTP, SFTP, FTPS, and more.
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Does not preserve folder timestamps when copying
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It can copy locked files
It supports Volume Shadow Copy Service, meaning that it can copy files even if they are in use or otherwise locked.
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Memory hog
It runs a little slow on computers who don't have much RAM available.
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Cross-platform
It runs on Windows, Linux and MacOS.
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Limited built in history
The program only remembers the latest set of folders you synced, so you have to save your syncs or create batch files.
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Portable version available
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A little intimidating for novices
If you never ran a file syncing software, this can be a little tricky to configure as your first one.
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It is quite performant
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No backup encryption
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Google Drive support
FreeFileSync provides direct access to Google Drive, no additional software is needed.
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It doesn't run on older Linux systems
It's dependencies don't allow it to run on older systems.
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Completely free
Source code releases are provided under GPLv2.
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It supports realtime sync
It can be configured to constantly monitor two folders for changes and sync them instantly when a change is detected.
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It lets you program batch scripts
You can program your own jobs for execution as a script.
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It supports case sensitive synchronization
For Unix-like systems.
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It supports long file paths
It can copy files and folders with more than 260 characters in their paths.
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It supports versioning
Versioning is keeping multiple instances of the modifications of your files.
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It can sync both local disks and network shares
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Platforms:
Windows, Mac, Linux
License:
GPL-3.0-only
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WinDataReflector File Synchronization and Backup
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Portable
Portable version available.
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Multiple tabs for tasks
Can run multiple tasks in tabs.
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Syncs USB drives
Recognizes removable USB drives and automatically and automatically starts synchronization when they become available.
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Scheduler
Built in scheduler for synchronization and backup tasks.
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Real time synchronization
Detects changes as they happen and syncs them.
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Can synchronize to the cloud
Supports synchronizing to SFTP, OneDrive, DropBox and Google Drive.
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Beautiful interface
Good looking functional interface no clutter.
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Visual comparison
Shows differences between synchronized folders before actually syncing them and can manually change the default action for each file.
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Very fast synchronization
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Backblaze
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6
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4
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No Linux support
There's no Linux client for Backblaze.
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Beginner-friendly defaults
The default configuration includes everything except for system files to be backed up. That also includes external USB drives. This will work for most people. It can, of course, be customized to each person's liking.
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Pay extra to keep deleted files permanently
Additional $2/Month plus $0.005/GB/Month for files updated, changed, or deleted more than one year ago.
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No file size or traffic restrictions
There are no limitations of file size or amount of data you can upload. The $5/mo plan gets you unlimited cloud storage.
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Backblaze does not support network (NAS) drives
If you use a thing like Drobo, Backblaze will not back it up.
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Excellent restoration performance
Backblaze creates a zip file of all your files for you to download, thus decreasing the amount of data you need to download and increasing the speed of the download since it's one connection instead of multiple that need to be opened and closed for a list of files.
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Buggy
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Secure
AES encrypted files are transferred over a secure SSL connection.
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Download any backed-up files from any web browser
Some backup services like Carbonite require a client to be installed to restore files. Backblaze allows you to login and download any or all files from a web browser, meaning it also serves as an ad-hoc cloud storage platform.
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Users can order a physical copy of their data
You can have a flash drive or an external hard drive delivered to you. They cost $99 and $189 respectively.
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Platforms:
Windows; OSX; Android; iOS
Versioning:
Yes
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Yes
Continuous:
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Handy Backup
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Backup for ODBC Databases
The Professional edition is capable to backup and restore database tables with the help of ODBC drivers
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Backup to all popular clouds
The Professional edition is capable to save copies of data to all popular clouds such as Dropbox, Amazon S3, Google Drive, OneDrive and OneDrive.
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System backup and recovery
The Professional edition can save an image of any drive as a VHD file. Users can restore this image later, or attach this VHD file as a virtual drive and browse its content, or even run it as a complete image of a VirtualBox machine.
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Reliable
Reliability, one of the essential qualities of a backup tool.
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WinToHDD
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Free version
Free version available (supports only Windows Home versions).
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Limited free version
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Encryption
Features Bitlocker encryption.
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Reinstall
Allows to easily reinstall Windows.
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EaseUS Todo Backup
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Comprehensive free version
The free version of the software allows backing up and recovering files, disks, partitions as well as system files. It supports incremental and differential backups, allows scheduling, can backup to a cloud and clone disks.
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Need system restart for reinstall
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Integrates well with Windows
Clicking on todo files will be treated as part of the OS and will open their own window, making for an easy way to use the files to then recover files as one sees fit.
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Restore files are very slow
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Frequent popups when using free version
If using the free version, expect frequent popups suggesting that you upgrade to Pro.
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AOMEI Backupper
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No way to manually pause a backup
The backup process can be canceled or it can automatically pause if it encounters an issue (like the destination not having enough space for the backup), but there's no way to pause the process manually.
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User Friendly
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Feeling uncomfortable that it's not going to restore when really needed
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Supports multiple backup methods
In addition to full backup the program supports differential and incremental backup. And merging of incremental backups can be done via the command line.
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Open image requires mounting virtual drive
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Easily clone a drive
Cloning a drive can be done without making a separate system image and allows the user to create partitions on the second drive in order to limit what space is used for the clone.
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Custom size only for pro users
You cannot set custom size for backup files on free version.
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CrashPlan
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Buggy
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Unintrusive
You set it up once and from then it runs in the background whenever you are not using your computers (or at specified times).
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Home edition discontinued
CrashPlan's home edition will be shut down on October 23, 2018. They are no longer accepting new signups or subscription renewals.
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Supports multiple backup destinations
You can set up different files/folders to back up to specific places.
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Popular features (local backup and trusted offsite backup) no longer available
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Differential and incremental file backup
CrashPlan updates only that part of the file that has changed, saving bandwidth and time.
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Heavy client
The BackupClient is based on Java and therefore a lot more memory-intensive than most other backup solutions
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Unlimited online storage
The $5/mo individual plan and the $12.50/mo family plan gets you unlimited cloud storage.
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Buggy
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Allows custom encryption keys
Custom 448 bit user-provided encryption key can be used to encrypt the backed up data in the cloud.
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Users can order a physical copy of their data
They will send you an external hard drive to your house.
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Unlimited revision history
CrashPlan saves all previous versions of a file.
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Platforms:
Windows; Linux; OSX; Android; iOS
Versioning:
Yes
Incremental:
Yes
Differential:
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Acronis True Image
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Cross Platform
Acronis is available for: Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and Facebook
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Non Windows Versions Less Capable
Capabilities, features, and GUI, are less robust on the Mac version.
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Provides Scripts and Instructions for Complete Uninstall
https://kb.acronis.com/content/48668
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Downloads / Restore from Cloud Times Out
Acronis expects most users to restore from local copies. Cloud restoration capabilities is far from robust. One has to navigate a file tree to download files in small batches because larger downloads (talking anything more than a few GBs) times out. Major PITA.
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Very unreliable
Has a variety of bugs that can make the software almost unusable. Very slow, frequently hangs, and has been known to freeze the computer. Can make your data inaccessible and offers unhelpful error messages with no further instructions.
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Dropbox
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Easy to use
You can use Dropbox via website, by installing a desktop client that creates a folder that you simply drag and drop files into, or with their mobile app. Everything synchronizes across all devices used and cloud storage. And Dropbox offers easy methods of sharing whatever is within it.
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Too little free space
There is just too little of free space available comparing to the competition.
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Cross-platform desktop and mobile
Dropbox is available on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows, OS X and Linux. By having a client for so many OS's pretty much anyone is covered no matter what kind of device or OS they are using.
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Not secure
They don't apply end-to-end encryption, files are visible to admins, governments, etc..
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Allows sharing a folder
Using a desktop client: right click on the folder you want to share and select Dropbox > Share This Folder, then enter the e-mail addressees of people you want to share the folder with.
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No privacy
Extensive collecting and distribution of user data to commercial third parties.
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Smart updates to big files
If a small portion of the file is changed it sends/receives only the differences (not the whole file), which is fast and bandwidth-efficient.
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Consumes a lot of CPU resources when syncing many files
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Allows sharing a single file via link
Whether using desktop client or web interface, simply right click on the file you want to share and select Dropbox > Share link, then send the link to the people you want to share the file with. The recipient does not require a Dropbox account.
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All-or-nothing (non-selective) upload
Uploading generated contents (cache, compiled code, etc.) is prone to conflicts, wastes bandwidth and free space.
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Up to 18GB of free storage space
Dropbox personal accounts start out free, with 2GB of space, but users can get extra space by recommending the site to friends, or taking part in events like "Dropquest", where users can win extra space by solving puzzles.
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Low bandwidth
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Linux support
Dropbox offers native Linux support, integrates with Nautilus file manager.
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Dropbox keeps deleting features, chasing customers away
For instance, all photo albums got deleted. It used to be very easy to share a couple og photos, now it's PAINFUL and must be done file by file.
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Reliable
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Nocive development model
Takes a lot of decisions that usually damage community, from deleting features to making impossible to use with other filesystems than ext4 because they decided without a plausible reason (they said it was about xattrs, but all modern linux filesystems supports xattrs, so it's bs.)(they remove this later, but it's too late).
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Desktop client has no file size limit
As long as you have enough storage available, you can upload files of any size using Dropbox desktop client.
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Problems when synching between Linux and Windows devices (unconfirmed)
This summer I lost thousands of files due to this problem on older projects which subsequently needed revising and had to be rebuilt as tons of the source was gone.
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Folders can be downloaded compressed to save bandwidth
To save bandwidth and download speed you can choose to compress a folder into a zip archive for download.
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Restricted only to 3 devices for FREE accounts
Recently dropbox decreased the number of linked devices to 3, so you can't have more than 3 linked devices. This is problematic if you use Dropbox to sync between your computers.
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Adjustable bandwidth use
To not slow down the network or save traffic you can limit the upload and download speeds of Dropbox.
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Can unintentionally delete your files if you reinstall your OS without closing Dropbox
If you reinstall the operation system for your PC and you do not close Dropbox, it will delete all files.
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Lots of addons and integrations
There are official and third-party Dropbox add-ons that extend the functionality of the service and add ease of use of existing features. Additionally, Dropbox can be integrated with existing applications to bring its functionality to other apps.
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30-day version control
Dropbox keeps deleted and earlier versions of files for a month.
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Instant disaster recovery
Your files always synced online means instant disaster recovery. When your hard drive becomes unbootable, pick up another laptop and just carry on with your life from where you last saved.
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Available free storage can be increased with referrals
You get extra free space for you and your friend if they sign up.
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Fast sync speed
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, OSX, Android, iOS, Windows Phone
Offline access:
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Versioning:
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