vstuff is the pits - Page 2

caph · 13-08-2009, 18:30

It seems to get stuck. If you look at the detail you'll probably find a whole load of blank lines that it is trying upload.

If you deselect and reselect your backup files you'll probably find it will back up some more before it gets stuck again.

However, I would recommend you ditch it. It's a great idea but it simply doesn't work. I'm using JungleDisk as recommended by someone else on this forum. It can work out cheaper then paying a fiver a month to VM if you're backing up more than 10Gb (but only up to a point!).

zarathustra · 03-08-2010, 19:45

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Originally Posted by ro53ben

I tried vstuff backup last night. Took longer to download than it did to realise it was useless, for me at least.

It will only backup data from local, internal, drives. If you store your photos on an external drive...no hope.

If you use the 'Storage' option - rather than 'Backup' - you can browse to an external drive. You do lose the automation functionality tho'...

HTH

tuckeratlarge · 08-08-2010, 12:29

V-Stuff is dog slow, but I could allow for that as it was eventually backing up my crap.

However, I ditched it because it decided all by itself to keep backing up copy after copy after copy of the same ten files, I ended up with forty odd copies of each. If you goto Virgins forum you will see it's not uncommon and VM don't care.

I use Skydrive now, only need an automatic backup solution because doing it manually is a bit of a pain.

bigsanta11 · 09-08-2010, 00:20

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Originally Posted by rrowlands01

HI STONE
No, i am not talking about a v+box.
v-stuff is a program for backing up your computor files in case your computor crashes, or some how, you lose all you files to a cp virus. you can supposidley upload your photos or what ever you want to the virgin media web site. But as i have said easyer said than done.

e.g photos, mp3s etc..etc

So how does that work,if you're computer goes t up,how are you going to access an online system to restore your pc ??????

Buy a usb hard disk,and just back your stuff onto that,and create some system image disks on it also for peace of mind,then if you have to restore anything at least you know it's right within easy access .Online storage has too many flaws to be reliable in a crisis,point already proved.

zarathustra · 15-08-2010, 18:25

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Originally Posted by tuckeratlarge

V-Stuff is dog slow, but I could allow for that as it was eventually backing up my crap.

However, I ditched it because it decided all by itself to keep backing up copy after copy after copy of the same ten files, I ended up with forty odd copies of each. If you goto Virgins forum you will see it's not uncommon and VM don't care.

I use Skydrive now, only need an automatic backup solution because doing it manually is a bit of a pain.

You could try Gladinet - I use it these days instead of VStuff. I think it's exactly what you're looking for. It will allow you to automate SkyDrive, Gmail (as a file store) & many others:

http://www.gladinet.com/

HTH

tuckeratlarge · 15-08-2010, 21:04

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Originally Posted by zarathustra

You could try Gladinet - I use it these days instead of VStuff. I think it's exactly what you're looking for. It will allow you to automate SkyDrive, Gmail (as a file store) & many others:

http://www.gladinet.com/

HTH

Unfortunately Gladinet is even slower and a right pain to use. You put things in folders and it only uploads then when it wants. SkydriveExplorer was slightly better as it was real time. It uploaded as soon as you copied to the folders, but still slow.

I manually upload to Skydrive and it's full pelt, so I use that until Miscrosoft intergrates Skydrive into explorer themselves.

zarathustra · 17-08-2010, 00:11

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Originally Posted by tuckeratlarge

[...] until Miscrosoft intergrates Skydrive into explorer themselves.

Now that'd be something...

roughbeast · 21-08-2010, 10:16

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Originally Posted by rrowlands01

HI STONE
No, i am not talking about a v+box.
v-stuff is a program for backing up your computor files in case your computor crashes, or some how, you lose all you files to a cp virus. you can supposidley upload your photos or what ever you want to the virgin media web site. But as i have said easyer said than done.

e.g photos, mp3s etc..etc

Why bother using vstuff for photos when there are dedicated photo services like Picasa 3?

I just use vstuff for Office files. It is too slow for anything else.

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Originally Posted by bigsanta11

Buy a usb hard disk,and just back your stuff onto that,and create some system image disks on it also for peace of mind,then if you have to restore anything at least you know it's right within easy access .Online storage has too many flaws to be reliable in a crisis,point already proved.

I agree. I shadow my system using Acronis working with a network hard drive in the attic. I can restore everything using it's rescue disc. Acronis will even transfer your old system onto a completely new computer with a different spec. You can also access the disc image at any time to restore individual files.

caph · 22-08-2010, 10:14

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Originally Posted by bigsanta11

So how does that work,if you're computer goes t up,how are you going to access an online system to restore your pc ??????

Buy a usb hard disk,and just back your stuff onto that,and create some system image disks on it also for peace of mind,then if you have to restore anything at least you know it's right within easy access .Online storage has too many flaws to be reliable in a crisis,point already proved.

It's a data backup service not a bare metal recovery service. You are still responsible for making sure you have working copies of your system recovery disks (or just an O/S disk) in case of O/S HDD failure.

With that in mind, it works like this. PC HDD dies, you whack in a new one and reinstall O/S then install the online backup software and a few hours later all your files are restored and you're back to where you started from. Pretty simple concept really.

There are other perks too:-
> It's off-site so, God forbid, in the event of a house fire the on-line storage is unaffected whereas you would lose your PC and your USB backup HDD and you'd be stuffed.
> It's fully automated, so you don't have to have a USB device (or PC/NAS in the attic!) permanently connected to your PC. Great if you've got a laptop (which I do).
> You can set your files to automatically synchronise between all your PCs (including work and home PCs) so if you alter a document and save it on one PC it will be automatically updated on the other a soon as you switch it on.
> You can access all your data from any PC with an internet connection anywhere in the world.
> You can keep unlimited previous versions of files and access all deleted files indefinitely according to how you configure your settings.

You are right about VStuff having too many flaws, which is why several of us are using other online backup services that don't have any flaws. Online storage is the new backup solution of choice. As it gets cheaper and cheaper, speeds get quicker, and becomes integrated into the O/S, backing up to USB drives/NAS boxes/other PCs will become a thing of the past.

Mick Fisher · 22-08-2010, 14:21

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Originally Posted by roughbeast

Why bother using vstuff for photos when there are dedicated photo services like Picasa 3?

I just use vstuff for Office files. It is too slow for anything else.

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I agree. I shadow my system using Acronis working with a network hard drive in the attic. I can restore everything using it's rescue disc. Acronis will even transfer your old system onto a completely new computer with a different spec. You can also access the disc image at any time to restore individual files.

Another vote for Acronis.