TeraBox - Free 1TB online Storage

vannn · Jul 21, 2021

good alternative to the "unlimited" google drive to dump some non-personal files.

Josey Wales · Jul 21, 2021

I do not trust any online storage. I have an External Drive Hot Swap Drive WAVLINK Docking station and one 6TB had drive and 4 -1TB drives plus several SSD's that will fit in it. I use that to store my Data.

pparks1 · Jul 22, 2021

Wynona said:
I have a subscription to Microsoft 365 (Office), which comes with 6 installations. Each installation is good for 1 TB of cloud storage. Price: $99 per year. Or, you can get a single installation with 1 TB storage for $69.xx.

^ This is exactly what I use as well. The way I look at it, I'm paying for my cloud space and getting Microsoft Office Professional absolutely free. For $99 a year, its a no-brainer for me.

Josey Wales said:
I do not trust any online storage. I have an External Drive Hot Swap Drive WAVLINK Docking station and one 6TB had drive and 4 -1TB drives plus several SSD's that will fit in it. I use that to store my Data.

I like the online storage because

I can access my files from multiple devices and locations (work for example)
In the event that my house burns down (Happened to my sister), my data is in another location.
I don't have to do anything to save a secondary copy of my data, it just happens.

Josey Wales · Jul 23, 2021

I am retired and I also have no multiple devices to use. I also keep an Image on an SSD in a secure location. I do not use Office as I no longer have any use for it. I previously used Office 2010, Office 2000 & Office Xp when I worked.

pparks1 · Jul 23, 2021

Josey Wales said:
I am retired and I also have no multiple devices to use. I also keep an Image on an SSD in a secure location. I do not use Office as I no longer have any use for it. I previously used Office 2010, Office 2000 & Office Xp when I worked.

Yeah, cloud isn't necessary for everybody. In your case, an office 365 subscription is not worth the cost.

I just usually like to respond to those blanket statements of not trusting the cloud. I think if you use the cloud safely and take care in what you store there, it's not necessarily a scary thing.

jimbo45 · Jul 24, 2021

pparks1 said:
Yeah, cloud isn't necessary for everybody. In your case, an office 365 subscription is not worth the cost.

I just usually like to respond to those blanket statements of not trusting the cloud. I think if you use the cloud safely and take care in what you store there, it's not necessarily a scary thing.

Hi there.

I think the essential point here was whether one wanted to use a specific Cloud provider in this case TERABOX- most people don't have problems with the reliability (usually excellent) or otherwise of Ms AZURE, ONE-DRIVE, GOOGLE-DRIVE etc but whether they were happy using a Chinese provider. That's often more of a personal or political decision rather than an economic (cost) or technical one so technical or pure economic arguments aren't necessarily those that will persuade people to use the service. !!!!

Cheers
jimbo

Almighty1 · Jul 24, 2021

Saw this one on Facebook, anyone ever tried this?

8TBDRIVE

Google Drive Unlimited

8tbdrive.com

Wynona · Jul 24, 2021

Almighty1 said:
Saw this one on Facebook, anyone ever tried this?

8TBDRIVE

Google Drive Unlimited

8tbdrive.com

If I didn't have Microsoft 365 with 6 installations (1 TB ea), I'd certainly be interested in that.

Almighty1 · Jul 24, 2021

Wynona said:
If I didn't have Microsoft 365 with 6 installations (1 TB ea), I'd certainly be interested in that.

Seems to be cheaper on Ebay at $5-$6.

Wynona · Jul 24, 2021

Almighty1 said:
Seems to be cheaper on Ebay at $5-$6.

That's Google, so I'm not sure I'd trust a third party reseller.

Winuser · Jul 24, 2021

pparks1 said:
^ This is exactly what I use as well. The way I look at it, I'm paying for my cloud space and getting Microsoft Office Professional absolutely free. For $99 a year, its a no-brainer for me.

I like the online storage because

I can access my files from multiple devices and locations (work for example)

In the event that my house burns down (Happened to my sister), my data is in another location.

I don't have to do anything to save a secondary copy of my data, it just happens.

When I first bought Office 365 I was more interested in the Onedrive space as I rarely use the Office apps. I gave access to my son to use Office 365 so now it's even more worth me keeping my subscription up.

Kari · Jul 24, 2021

JMedlock83 said:
So, if any of you need some free online storage, TeraBox will give you 1TB FREE. The only downfall, is you can't integrate it with Windows, so anything you upload has to be done via the website.

You fail to tell about the even more serious downfall: TeraBox Free only allows 500 files to be stored on it. If you want to store 501 files or more, you need to pay for Premium, which allows 50,000 files to be stored.

Almighty1 said:
Seems to be cheaper on Ebay at $5-$6.

Yes, of course illegal pirated software is cheaper. You can also buy Windows 10 / 11 licenses with $10. But, as they are pirated, and illegal to sell and buy, you will never know what kind of malware is included, or when the product simply stops working.

Kari

abactuon · Jul 25, 2021

TairikuOkami · Jul 25, 2021

Kari said:
You fail to tell about the even more serious downfall: TeraBox Free only allows 500 files to be stored on it.

Nice catch, but if I want to backup 100 movies, each about 5GB, that would do.
Then again, the upload speed seems to be limited to 1MB/s, another downsize.
I had an unlimited storage, but the upload speed was 250KB/s, they knew why.

abactuon · Jul 25, 2021

Kari said:
TeraBox Free only allows 500 files to be stored on it. If you want to store 501 files or more, you need to pay

This is the configuration for one program - ms edge browser.

Pack in a zip without compression?

SIW2 · Jul 25, 2021

Yes, I expect a zip would count as one file.

Either one tb or 500 files free storage is nothing to complain about.

Kari · Jul 25, 2021

SIW2 said:
Either one tb or 500 files free storage is nothing to complain about.

I pay for Office 365 including OneDrive €90 a year. With that, I will get 6 licenses, each with 1TB cloud storage. That's €15 a year per license, less than TeraBox Premium.

I do not have to think about 500 file limit. I just copy / move files to OneDrive folder, and get what I need when I need. To comply with TeraBox Free rules, I would need to zip my 20K+ images and photos, my 5K+ documents, and so on. And the worst: when I need just one of those 20K+ images, I would need to download the whole ZIP archive, and extract the one file I need.

Kari

abactuon · Jul 25, 2021

An archive file can be protected by a password. Insurance.

Kari · Jul 25, 2021

abactuon said:
An archive file can be protected by a password. Insurance.

My O365 / OneDrive account is protected with two-factor authentication. To get to my files, you would need my strong password AND my mobile phone and its authenticator app. Can you do that with a ZIP archive?

Kari

SIW2 · Jul 25, 2021

Are you on commission?

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