I even did a clean build of Windows 7 with just IDrive and nothing else and it was exactly the same. I have tested it on all my machines which have a mixture of operating systems: Windows 7 64bit, Windows 10 and Windows Server 2008 R2. I appreciate their Datacenter is in London and IDrive is in the US but I get much better speeds with other US based cloud services. With LiveDrive I am able to get maximum speeds for my connection. Whats strange is that the restore speed is slower than the backup speed. However, I am only getting maximum backup speed of 400kbit/s and restore speed of 350kbit/s. I have a 200Mbit/s download and 20Mbit/s upload fibre optic connection from Virgin Media in the UK.

My main disappointment is the backup and restore speeds. For example the Archive Cleanup didn't work and I had to delete the files from the server myself. The software interface looks clean but I sometimes I find the actions not as expected. I had high expectations for IDrive but sadly I've been left very disappointed. I was looking for direct replacement cloud backup service with continuous instantaneous data protection that was unobtrusive that worked in the background unnoticed. It works fine but the main attraction of IDrive was that I could backup from multiple machines something which would have worked out expensive with LiveDrive. I am currently a LiveDrive user and have been for the past few years. I have just signed up for a free account with a view of upgrading to the paid service.

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