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Whilst it is great that iDrive supports multiple backup sets this particular implementation feels a little bit limiting. This name is auto generated and, unfortunately, only used to differentiate between local and cloud based backups (in other words we canвЂ™t set-up our own custom backup sets any further than this). Once in the scheduling screen one of the first things to notice is, at the top of this screen, is that we have been assigned a backup set name by the application already. Once we are happy with the selection of files to backup we can click on the вЂњScheduleвЂќ button, found at the bottom right of the screen, to initiate a schedule for our new backup. Other files and folder can, of course, be added and removed from the backup using the вЂњchangeвЂќ button below the file selection box as is shown below. Once we have decided on the location of the backup we can select the files and folders to backup from the middle of the screen, iDrive make our lives easy by pre-including the most common user folder locations for us. In the image below I have highlighted the two main backups we can start, one is a local backup which will keep our data on a locally attached external hard drive or NAS device and the other is the iDrive cloud storage service itself, during this review I will be focusing on the iDrive cloud backup.

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Cloud Backups within iDriveД«acking up a PC is one of the core uses of iDrive, in-keeping with the rest of the iDrive experience, so far, this is easy to get going with and can be started within the desktop backup software from the main dashboard. In the next sections I will be running some backups and exploring the other tools such on offer including the disk cloning, cloud backups and application settings themselves further. So far everything has been simple and easy to use, adding new PCs to the iDrive account is as simple as logging in on said PC and there is no limit as to how many PCs we can add to our account (the only limitation is the storage cap itself). Once we have logged in using our iDrive account we are greeted by the main dashboard of the desktop software, from this screen we can get to all of the main features of the application form the left menu (Backup, Restore, Sync etc.) as well as the image based backup and cloning tools found in the bottom left corner. Once the installation has completed (which required virtually zero user input) we are prompted to login to our iDrive account to link up our computer and start using the desktop backup software itself.

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Once we have signed-in to the iDrive web console we can download the software from the вЂњcloud backupвЂќ tab found on the left side of the screen, at just over 30MB this installer is quick to download and installation required only a few clicks before the software was ready to use. Once an account has been created and we have signed-in to iDrive we will be taken to the cloud backup dashboard, from this dashboard we will be prompted to download the backup software as can be seen below.

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IDrive offer all users a free 5GB account in addition to their premium offerings of up to 10TB, so this is a great option if you wish to try the service out first for yourself. Getting started with iDrive Backup is as simple as navigating to the sign-up page and then filling in some basic details, you can also log-in with an active Google account should you so wish.

No monthly plans available (must pay annually).

Multi-factor authentication (2FA) available.

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Smartphone apps for iOS and Android available.

Unlimited external drives can be included.

30 historic versioning on the backup and sync drive.

Unlimited file archiving (keep deleted files in cloud storage until removed).

iDrive express, option to receive very large restores via a shipped hard drive.

Built-in disk cloning tools for migrating to new PC hardware.

Both image based and file level backups supported.

Zero knowledge encryption available (end to end AES 256bit).

Desktop software available for Windows, MacOS & Linux.

Fully featured solution combining backup, cloud drive, disk cloning and more in one service.

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