Free 7GB Microsoft SkyDrive Cloud Storage (2GB File Size Limit)

Free 25gb currently only requires that you have an existing Windows Live account, (@hotmail.com, @live.com, @msn.com) despite what MS says. Many reports from people who have never used skydrive getting 25gb. Hurry and get it now while its like that. If you use live/hotmail for your own email account, reports are they are only getting the 7gb, but worth a try anyway since there's reports of edu email accounts getting it, and it takes like 15 seconds to check the upgrade)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47146569

Another SkyDrive bonus is its ability to create and edit Microsoft Office documents (such as in Word and Excel) right in the Web interface on Windows or Macs. No app installation (and cost) required.

Users running SkyDrive on a Windows PC can now access their entire hard drive--not just the files stored on SkyDrive--from SkyDrive.com after a two-step authentication process.

For WP7 users, go to Marketplace and upgrade your Skydrive phone app.
For PC Desktop client go here for download: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-U...d-skydrive

According to MS blog this (upgrade to 25 GB) is a limited time offer for existing users http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archiv...where.aspx

Quote : So, starting today, for a limited time, any registered SkyDrive user *who has uploaded files to SkyDrive* as of April 22nd can opt in to keep 25GB of free storage while still getting all of the benefits of the new service. (For users who are already using more than 4GB as of April 1, we’ve automatically opted you in to 25GB of free storage to avoid any issues.) Just sign in here or view our FAQ.

Live Mesh "Skydrive Synced Storage" is not affected by this change and also continues to deliver virtually unlimited computer-to-computer synchronization.



As far as I remember, I've never used SkyDrive before but I got the 25GB thanks to this post's steps

Quote from rogueone : I clicked on skydrive when I was in hotmail... It took me to the skydrive page... then I saw the free upgrade to 25GB. Hope it works for you.

Useful info:
300meg per file limit if using webpage interface, 2gb per file limit when using the app.
(some reports of 100meg file limit for certain types of files)

This post details that you need MS silverlight installed to do more than 1 file at a time through the web interface.
http://slickdeals.net/forums/show...tcount=176

You can still do arbitrary folders, you just have to make symbolic links/junctions. You can do it through the command line inside the skydrive folder such as:
mklink /J "Music" "../Music"
Which will add your music folder to it.
Or download and use this handy link shell tool for windows:
http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardli...llext.html
More details on the comments in this link:
http://www.neowin.net/news/hands-...w-skydrive

Other ways to use skydrive, such as assign to a drive letter (the article is a couple years old so YMMV):
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/uplo...-explorer/

The MS skydrive app is NOT windows XP compatible, and will just give an error message when running the setup file. However, there may be ways to access skydrive by assigning a drive letter manually by following instructions in the previous link, or use the 3rd party utility below.

An application for accessing/using skydrive, its XP SP3 compatible (formerly known as skydrive explorer):
http://www.cloudstorageexplorer.com/index.php