If you are a current Skydrive user, just log-in and claim your 25GB of free online storage before they permanently make it only 7GB.
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Skydrive - Free Upgrade to 25GB
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bahgain on 24/04/2012 - 15:06 skydrive.live.com (10868 clicks)
Last edited 24/04/2012 - 18:14 by 1 other user
Last edited 24/04/2012 - 18:14 by 1 other user
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Mine is already 7GB? Am i doing something wrong?
Got this from a website "Go to your SkyDrive account at skydrive.live.com. If you haven't been there in a while, remember that you log in with your username and password for Microsoft's catch-all online service Windows Live.
Go to the bottom left of your account page and click "Manage storage." You'll see a listing of storage plans, and under "SkyDrive Free" a button that says "Free Upgrade!" Just click it, and you're all good."
there was "Free Upgrade" button in one of my accounts!
But the other says "Sorry, other storage plans are unavailable right now. Please check back later. "I'm only getting the sorry line as well =(.
I'm also getting the "Sorry, other storage plans are unavailable right now. Please check back later." message.
Got the "Sorry, other storage plans are unavailable right now. Please check back later" message on two out of my three Windows Live accounts, but managed to upgrade to 25GB on another one. Not sure why one was eligible for the upgrade and the others weren't; I don't recall ever using Skydrive on any of the accounts.
Same here. Sorry and etc.
Mine worked… !!!! Was getting same error but then tried different browser. And it worked!!
yeah, both IE & FF failed, but chrome worked fine - well for 2, but not the other 2
Thanks for the link , and thanks Op
Thanks
thx, didnt even realise i had this in my live account…
Awesome! Just upgraded. Thanks OP.
Thought it was already 25GB - didn't realize they were reducing it.
"SkyDrive's free storage limit is changing to 7GB, but as an existing SkyDrive user you can keep the 25GB you currently have – if you act now."According to ArsTechnica:
Under the old system, users had 25 GB of non-synced SkyDrive cloud storage, and 5 GB of synced Mesh storage. Now, there's just a single 7 GB of synced storage, with paid options to buy more space, starting at $10 for 20 GB per year, up to $50 for 100 GB per year. Though this increases the amount of synced storage, it nonetheless represents a reduction in total storage availability. However, any users that signed up for SkyDrive before April 22, and who have uploaded at least one file to the service, are eligible for a free upgrade to 25 GB. Existing users with at least 4 GB uploaded will pick up the 25 GB update automatically.
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2012/04/microsoft-take…
Yeah….if anything this is a down grade. I almost want to neg it, but then again, I'm sure people will benefit from restoring the capacity they already had.
I do find it a bit of a cop out that existing users have to manually go and change the service back but.
Thanks OP
I haven't touched Skydrive ever since I signed up for Dropbox about 2 years ago. Completely forgot about it.
MS will release tool(s) that'll integrate Skydrive into Vista, 7 and 8 Explorer (including login and desktop customisation settings for the latter). So, you'll end up using it more.
upgraded mines :D
): though I cant upgrade to 25gb on my linked accounts, pity, oh wells.Sweet thanks, never ever used the thing but hey free space is free space xD
Same here ;-)
Thanks
I'm pretty sure I already had 25Gb when I first signed up, so it seems like I was reduced down to 7Gb, and now I have to do this to go back to 25Gb? Lame.
Thanks for the post though, glad I got onto it.
anyone using this on daily basis? better than dropbox ? im thinking to start backing up all my photos (more than 3GB so dropbox isnt enough).
really impressed with it - especially the photo album sharing feature.
they've got some agreement with HP's Snapfish photo service too as you can
easily 'order prints' without uploading separately to Snapfish.How did you manage to only have 3gb of photos?
My photos folder is well over 120GB. Just general stuff, not a photographer or similar.
RAW format easily chews up disk space.
Almost all jpg.
~135GB
~45000 filesHappy snapper?
Thanks OP. Well worth the 2 or 3 mouse clicks!
dont have the option :(
Nice! I signed up for Skydrive a long while ago but never uploaded anything. Luckily I created a few folders and they seem to count this. 25GB synced will be handy.
This was posted on Lifehacker this morning.
Great deal and excellent way to back up photos etc.
I find that (on PC) using the PC download app makes it much more usable when uploading files. Can drag and drop using Win Explorer.Wow, that was ridiculously easy. Not like the 5GB of photos I had to upload to Dropbox to get 5GB of extra storage. Thanks!
Cool. Got 25Gb of space now…. no idea how/if I'll ever use it, but you never know… ;-)
"Your account has been upgraded
You now have 25 GB of free storage. Thanks for using SkyDrive!"no problems. Yay! no that i ever even use it tho.
Got it ;)
LOL.. is it me or is it ozbargained? Got this Network Error (tcp_error) from OP's link.
Mine worked fine, just upgraded. Thanks OP.
Update it's cool now.. not sure what happened.
Work proxy is probably blocking the link (Skydrive is hosted storage).
Thanks!
Cheers! Didn't even remember I had a skydrive. Hope they link it to Xbox 360 would be great
I wish they'd allow multiple upload of photos from the iOS app. Will stick with Dropbox for now.
What are the chances… 4 accounts and none had the upgrade! Heh..
Upgraded to 25GB as well. Should come in handy to backup pitures. Thanks OP!
Excellent, thanks for the heads up!
More info on new system for PC here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/04/23/the-next-chapt…
e&oe
Thanks, too easy, just a few clicks!
awesome. thank you…. wow…….. what is it?
so i guess if I sign up for a skydrive account today I WONT be getting 25GB????
no. youll get 7 only
cool works well with my wp7 as it doesnt really use dropbox
Bahahah! 1 min before me!
Good riddance. One less w(hi)|(ie)ner.
Yes because using LibreOffice is completely trauma free… get out of here.
Sign up - Manage Storage - Upgrade - WIN!
how did you just sign up and get the 25G upgrade?
I just signed up an account but there is no option to upgrade 25G under Manage Storage.
he signed in not signed up
Am I going to be the only one to say this….? I ain't putting my data anywhere near a MS Live related product. I signed into Gmail on 31/8/2004 and have never looked at another bloated Live product again. Don't get me wrong here, I'm not hating on MS… just their bloated Live products. * shudder *
That said, thank you OP! I've logged into my account and grabbed the 25GB, just in case I ever get a WP7 device! ;)Windows Live Writer is an impressive product. I've found none better to add posts to my blogspot account. Particuarly useful for posting source code / photos etc.
I use Windows Live Mail with my Gmail and Hotmail accounts. No bloat that I've ever noticed, just the functionality I need.
Their Hotmail/Live mail has some nice features to clear grey mail (newsletters and daily deals), something I'd really love to have on my gmail account, which has probably 99% grey mail.
Gmail's SmartLabels should be able to do that.
I have a filter that sweeps any email containing "unsubscribe" into a Bulk folder. Works great. The few newsletters left I filter by sender.
Pretty much the same here. To other commentors, I started using Windows Live Mail for uni and it is unthinkable that it is so bad compared to Gmail… Don't get me wrong, it is a million times better than the Hotmail I left behind somewhere in 04 or 03, but still not as good as gmail, and much slower.
Be thankful you don't use Lotus Notes ;-) Guaranteed productivity killer and you'll require therapy afterwards. It's email from 20 yrs ago - with a frustrating interface
Does anyone know why I can't upgrade?
well i have had 2 live accounts for ages and never signed up for Skydrive and it just let me add a 25GB account…
(1 still says 7gb) can't complain :)thanks Bahgain
There is a condition which states that you must have previously unloaded at least one file into your skydrive in order to qualify for the upgrade.
(So, I think many of us must have accidentally or unconsciously uploaded a file sometime in the past).I probably should add that, you probably have unconsciously used skydrive through your use of Windows (MSN) messenger (while "sharing" a file on MSN)
I always use skydrive when I'm unconscious lol.
It's not so much a free upgrade as it is a free non-downgrade, seeing as we already had 25 GB until today.
Not technically a deal, but thanks for posting anyway, since a lot of people didn't know about the downgrade.
only good if you signed up previously
no good for us new users.
discrimination :)
oh well there are better alternatives im sure :)
7gb is just crap and you gotta pay for more..Mod: Foul language microsoft and thier crap
7gb is more than dropbox give off the bat. even now I only have 7.5gb in my dropbox and I've been taking every offer they give (other than referrals)
I think you have to have used skydrive in the past, and uploaded in the past to get the 25gb.
I found this on a webpage "Existing subscribers all get 25GB." Note the words "existing subscribers"
Fill up the 7gb and see what happens
e&oe
I have never used skydrive before. I just signed in my hotmail account today and had 25gb.
Skydrive used to be a feature of Windows (MSN) messenger when skydrive first came out. (Should be year 2008 or before). So, you probably, through your use of Windows messenger, unconsciously uploaded a file into skydrive while "sharing" a file with someone else.
Skydrive has been in existance for pretty long, then MSN scrapped it and closed everyone's account (in 2009), before reintroducing it again.
So good, I created one of these accounts yonks ago and never used it. Screw dopbox, I'm moving to this now!!
Thanks op
Just did it with my old hotmail account.
No idea what it is though :D
Can I get it when I sign up for it now, rather than upgrade? I have no existing skydrive :(
Great. Thanks OP for the heads up.
Do they still have their lame upload file size limits?
Yep only 300mb upload limit. :(
Are you sure? It says here, " And unlike before, you can upload big files (up to 2 GB) and automatically sync files or entire folders to SkyDrive right from your PC."
And BAMM! 1st question's answer!
Nice one ozhunter ;)
Yep, the file limit has definitely been increased (See link in post above).
Increased upload sizes: Now you can upload and share files up to 2 GB.
It was previously only 50mb limit?
Better than Box's (not DropBox) upload limit of 100mb (or 25mb) for personal account.
Thanks!
Works a treat! Thanks OP!!!
Thanks! I probably wont ever use it all, but 25gb is great!
done! thanks OP…
Great.. Had forgotten I even had signed up for an account at some point. Thanks to the O.P. for reminding me of the service and double thanks for telling me about the storage upgrade. 25GB for free isn't too shabby at all!
LoL @ how much carp I had in my old hotmail account…
Never looked there since gmail gave me a beta email address, yonks ago… nonetheless, free storage is free storage…
Thanking you 25gb worth op ;D
Damn carp. First our waterways and now our inboxes :)
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Thanks, just did it!