Q: I have two laptops, a desktop at my lady friend’s, and a desktop at my son’s. Can one 50GB account back up each of them? Can any user on one computer get all files or just his own user file?
A: To figure out if 50GBs will be enough, you’ll need to do a rough estimation of the amount of data you intend to back up. First, decide what you want to back-up. If you’re just backing up text documents and emails, it should be no problem. If you want to back up music files and photos, it might not be enough. Go to each folder you want to back up and choose “properties” to see what the folder size is. Then add them up, keeping in mind that you’ll be adding more data over time. You need room to grow.
It sounds like SugarSync might be just the thing you need. You’ll see in the screen shot below how you can use the SugarSync interface to access files on multiple computers. The list of machines is on the left, with the documents on the right:
What’s nice about SugarSync is that you can keep the changes to your files synced up if you work on them using both computers.
As to your second question, it will back up the files of whichever Windows account it is running on. It is, however, designed with a single user in mind, so anyone with access to the account, via the web or the SugarSync desktop client, would be able to view, change, and download any backed up files. So if your son was to have access to your SugarSync software, he could view any files backed up on your other computer. The simple solution to that is making sure it’s only running on your Windows account.
We hope this helps. Make sure to check out our full online backup reviews and comparisons for more information on SugarSync and other backup services.
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