Storage newcomer ADrive offering up 50GB for free
I'm big on places to store a lot of files, and Web storage newcomer ADrive seems up to the challenge. The host serves up a whopping 50GB of storage for free, with the only bandwidth limitations being in the size of the files you can upload, which are capped at a reasonable 2GB. The free "beta" accounts are supplemented with ads (hence the AD in the name), which show up on the top and bottom of your file explorer.
While lacking some of the graphical beauty and familiarity of other file-hosting services like Box.net and DigitalBucket, ADrive lets you arrange whatever you'd uploaded into nested directories to help maintain organization. It also doesn't require any special software to upload or download your files.
The one major downfall I came across is the Java-powered file uploader, which uses a pop-up status indicator to let you know what's going on with your transfers. The problem is that it takes control of whatever else you're doing in that browser window. This means uploading large files should be done in another instance of your browser just in case you feel like regaining control of whatever tabs you had open.
Regardless, I found the performance on file transfer to be phenomenal. Given our speed here at CNET HQ in San Francisco is faster than what most people have at home, the uploader will take as much bandwidth as you can give it--which should come in handy if you've got Verizon FiOS or live in Sweden.
[via Cybernet News]
Move, redownload, and share uploaded files with ADrive's file manager.
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Anyway, thanks for the useful bit of info...
Nothing sounds as good as "free"... :D
Thanks, 'Dexter Greycells'.
Lion B.Rajendran
Guess it won't be something that I really don' t care about sharing! For if I really cared about keeping the data private I would not be placing it where it will float around it the void 4ever
Besides how are you going to access your files when the crunch comes??
for a Free service I guess that is reasonable, but still, ADS are a a major downfall IMHO.
We have many new features being released. A few highlights are:
*Online editing of documents and spreadsheets using ZohoŽ (no need to download, edit, save, and then upload anymore),
*Remote file transferring (enter a URL and transfer files directly to your ADrive account)
*Support of non-English characters in file names
*Complete folder and directory upload
*And a new search tool
More information about our new features can be found on our Services page.
In the near future, we will release a full production version of ADrive including paid services (don't worry, if a feature is free now, it will remain free).
Again, thank you for your support & feedback!
-ADrive Team
Or just open a new browser instance.