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Dropbox allows you to recover past versions of files; does SkyDrive allow you to do the same?
by alexchamberlain 13y ago
Dropbox allows you to recover past versions of files; does SkyDrive allow you to do the same?
- ruqkus 13y agoYes, this post is very misleading. SkyDrive features both a recycle bin for deleted files and a version history option to restore from a previous copy.
- alexchamberlain 13y agoThanks; in which case, SkyDrive is a backup.
- nilved 13y agoUnless your MS account is shut down.
- Livven 13y agoThe version history option is only available for Office files (.docx, .xlsx etc.), plus even if it applied to all files a local backup can still be useful. Forcefully disabling local file history for SkyDrive simply doesn't make any sense... there's no technical reason for it, and it neither benefits the user nor Microsoft or anybody else.
- jervisfm 13y agoYep, I just tested with a simple txt file and the changes were not versioned. New modifications were made permanently without ability to go back to a prior version of the text file. It does support versioning for office docs as you stated though.
- edandersen 13y agoYou can only recover past versions of Office documents. The "Recycle Bin" only stores items until it is full or for 30 days. It can't be relied on, basically.