In the beginning of Personal Computer Usage, many of us used to carry
Floppies.. then CDs(Compact Discs) after that DVDs,
after introduction of Win98 and Win10/XP
all of us started using USB Drives (Pendrives or Thumb Drives and Exeternal Hard Disks) to Store our Files and Transfer Our files from one Computer to another Computer...
But the Journey not yet completed...
Fast Internet connections helped us to store our files online along with offline versions...
that saved us from carrying storage devices and broken floppies & scratched CDs/DVDs... and also Crashed Computers..
Solution is On line Storage = Cloud Storage
Yes many websites offering us to store our files online... which are safe from crashing computers and corrupted storage devices.
these websites offering Cloud Storage with Basic Free Storage limit to Premium Storage upto 5TB data
One of such Services is onedrive by Microsoft which is the simple and best cloud storage app for windows and apple and android users
OneDrive
OneDrive is the Cloud Storage Service Offered by Microsoft, earlier known as SkyDrive.
It is the Service which allows us to store our files online by registering at their website or Mobile App.
OneDrive can be installed on both the Computer and Mobile... and files will be automatically synced so that we can access our files from anywhere
Let us See how to use OneDrive... in the browser
STEP 1 :
Click Below Link for registering / installing onedrive
installing by clicking below links gives you 0.5GB extra Free Storage
after installation onedrive will be added to our Navigation Pane in Windows
how to use in desktop?
Easy... create or copy paste file in to onedrive folder and wait the files to uploaded to online ( we need active internet connection to upload the files in to the cloud)
we can check the uploaded status of files depends on internet speed
for mobile version
you can download onedrive from playstore... by clicking the link in STEP 1
after the installation... we need to register or sign in with the registration done in step1
We can Share directly from this app to many other apps
We can Even Take the photo from onedrive app itself and upload
Camera Button in onedrive app.. located in the right bottom of the main window
if you want to access both the personal and office files from your mobile?
Easy... Onedrive supports dual app feature in mobile... we can install the app twice and signin with different accounts and access both the Personal and Office files from our mobile.
check these ... I have been using 2 accounts in my mobile
Remember:Always Logout from Onedrive for better security.
Hope.. this post will help many of those who still carrying lot of files(hard copies) with them for instant information.