r/DataHoarder • u/f2msnm • 3d ago

Question/Advice Cloud storage

What would be the best , most affordable temporary cloud storage option? My old laptop is dying on me (disk error) and I need to back it up just long enough to be able to afford an external drive with some decent storage on it. I’m big on privacy, I know I may need to pay a little because all the free options I’ve found have a small limit of data and I would rather not have all my data so scattered , I’d rather be able to keep it all in one (safe) place. Money is really tight right now so I’d really love suggestions if anyone has any

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u/s_i_m_s 3d ago

Idrive has a 10TB for $5 a year (not monthly, a year) for the first year promo.
Overage usage is $250/TB though (billed by the GB iirc) so be sure you can stay under.
I've never seen a laptop with much storage though so that's probably plenty.

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u/f2msnm 3d ago

Do you know if you can just cancel it before another year renewal if I got everything moved over by the time it ends?

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u/s_i_m_s 3d ago

Yes, I actually recommend turning off auto renewal in your use case. Notably they won't let you turn it off right after sign up you have to wait a few days before it shows up as an option.

Also notably if you disable auto renewal you won't get any warning once the 1 year is up, you'll just get an email that everything has been deleted once it runs out.

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u/f2msnm 3d ago

Thank you for letting me know!