Transfers of data to the drive is done with 128 SSL encryption.
IDrive allows you to sign up for a free 2GB account.
Their Pro Personal Account is 4.95/month for 150GB of storage.
They also offer accounts for businesses at different rates.
When you first launch IDrive you will be prompted to sign in.
After signing in you will get a window to set up the encryption storage password.
I set my own password as recommended.
ensure you do not forget this password as you cannot retrieve it if lost.
IDrive does not store the passwords on their servers.
If you choose the default encryption key from IDrive you will never need to enter one in.
After setting the encryption password you are given a verification message advising not to share or lose the password.
When the IDrive Classic manager launches, notice some directories are pre-selected.
This definitely put me over the 2GB limit for the free account right away.
No worries, you could change the directories to whatever you need.
Ok, I chose a couple of my directories to backup.
you might see the total size of the combined files is 212 MB.
When everything looks good go ahead and click onBackup Now.
A progress screen comes up while IDrive prepares the files for backup.
This is the screen during the actual secure data transfer.
Notice you’re free to adjust the amount of bandwidth used and can pause the backup.
When the process is complete you have the option to check out the log file right away.
The log is a long text document of every file that was backed up.
This can get pretty lengthy if you have a lot to backup.
IDrivecreates a virtual throw in drive on your system.
The IDrive Classic system is where to make changes and schedule backups.
it’s possible for you to also view previous logs, run bandwidth tests, and sync folders.
IDrive works with Windows and Mac.
