vstuff is the pits

rrowlands01 · 02-06-2009, 09:45

hi all
have spent hours over the last couple of months trying to upload photos and ony managed about 10 out of over 200 have phoned virgin up but got no joy from them. Have read some of the other postings about v stuff and see there
seams to be lots of problems with vstuff.

or am i doing something wrong. TOTALY MESSED UP HEAD, rrowlands.

Dont think i will bother any more.

STONEISLAND · 02-06-2009, 09:48

Can you upload photos on to the V+ box, is that what your saying?

Peter_ · 02-06-2009, 10:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by rrowlands01

hi all
have spent hours over the last couple of months trying to upload photos and ony managed about 10 out of over 200 have phoned virgin up but got no joy from them. Have read some of the other postings about v stuff and see there
seams to be lots of problems with vstuff.

or am i doing something wrong. TOTALY MESSED UP HEAD, rrowlands.

Dont think i will bother any more.

V Stuff help pages
http://www.virginmedia.com/help/vstuff/cable/

rrowlands01 · 04-06-2009, 08:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by STONEISLAND

Can you upload photos on to the V+ box, is that what your saying?

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

04-06-2009, 10:04

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.

rrowlands01 · 05-06-2009, 13:01

I have a lap top with 120gb internal hard drive tried connected direct to the modem and wireles with no joy from either. Phoned vigin again but was told ther was problems with v-stuff and try again in a few days been told this 3 times now.
have uninstalled v-stuff feel quite relieved now i can get on with my life. lol

Zanny · 06-06-2009, 09:25

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Originally Posted by ro53ben

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

this is very annoying i managed it but only after copying all my photos to an internal drive first, grrrrrr.

07-06-2009, 14:11

I don't have enough space on my system drive, hence why I use external storage.

xpod · 07-06-2009, 18:09

I`m not too big on the online backup thing but i do use Dropbox for sharing a few pic`s with family etc.You only get an initial 2G with the free option but you can add to it by inviting others.

Or theres Humyo.You get a bit more free space at 10G.
If thats still not enough free space then theres always Adrive and their 50G of free space.
Hell,even Gmail & Hotmail add up to a few Gig do they not?.

I happily use Virgin for their Tv,Phone & Broadband they can keep their software and extra`s.

Gadgie · 07-06-2009, 20:46

After spending ages trying, I did manage to order some photos to be printed, also had a go at backing up my pictures, but gave up in the end?
Think I will stick with photobucket for storing them?

joglynne · 07-06-2009, 21:25

I think I'll be giving V stuff amiss and stick with Dropbox and Google docs as my independent online storage providers.

Although the slow transfer rate does put me off the main reason I am wary of storing anything online with VM is that it would all need to be moved again if I decided to change ISP. I have read several posts in the past where for one reason or other a VM email account has been closed and the user has lost all the emails they have saved.

Or am I wrong in assuming you would loose access to all your stored material the moment your VM BB account was closed?

bodl · 10-06-2009, 13:20

It certainly is, I can't even sign in for it, I have moaned and got an upgrade but I am no better off at 10MB I tried lots of times to sign up but it doesn't let me in, so I eventually spoke to Mumbai and told the lady there the exact problem i.e. my account is still showing previous data i.e 2Mb as my speed, this was not on her hymn sheet(sanskrit) she proceeded to try to get access which by surprise worked for her, so I logged on thinking it would all be ok..............clang no nigirf chance
when will they get mupets with brains?

nutellajunkie · 10-06-2009, 14:12

Again Ill say it, why dont virgin give our upload a boost when we use these services? and then again, why would we want to, we would end up using up all our allowance in a few minutes..

Joxer · 10-06-2009, 23:28

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Or am I wrong in assuming you would loose access to all your stored material the moment your VM BB account was closed?

Read only access is available for a time after the account is closed. Bear in mind it is designed to be backup, so arrange other backup if switching provider.

Marcel · 13-08-2009, 18:18

Am just trying to back-up on V-Stuff for the first time and after 3 days its only uploaded about 700MB! What is the problem with this Virgin service? It's hopeless. So much easier to use a portable hard-drive or a few DVD's. At the time it seemed a good idea.