Google Drive or Skydrive.

Google Drive has a Trashcan and everything stays unless you empty the trash can
Amazon Cloud drive has a Deleted items area and everything stays unless you permanently delete it
Dropbox has a previous versions option and it lets you undelete anything from the past 30 days with a free account.

Not having this ability in SkyDrive seems very disappointing. And considering how easy it is to accidentally delete a file from any synced computer and losing it in the cloud and everywhere else really stinks. Looks like I am going to be mainly using one of the other services listed above.

Well, SkyDrive will work on XP via website, right? Just not with the sync application.

I'm not enamored yet on the sync apps...at certainly not one without an undelete option. A virus, or accidental delete on a PC, could wipe out your cloud copy at the exact same time. I kinda like my cloud storage as a secondary copy, where I actively copy up what I am attempting to protect.

Yep. No way to recover deleted file with Skydrive. Reading their forum, they know it's a highly demanded missing feature ATM though.

Absolutely correct. It even warns you that there is no way to recover if you delete a file. It is SkyDrive's major fault and why It can never be considered as a backup solution. If you are syncing however it does put everything deleted into your local recycle bin.

Burdus32 said:

Hello pparks,

I've looked at that too and I don't think there is any way to recover a file deleted in skydrive. I really like the Recycle Bin feature in Google Drive.

SkyDrive will permanently delete the file is deleted from the skydrive(that's online) but when you delete a file from your PC it will sync it to the skydrive rendering it unrecoverable. This seems to me a good feature to fight useless outdated data, on the other side, you may feel a "risk" of losing your data.

But what I cannot understand is why and how could anyone accidently(accidentally?) delete an important file. If a multiple users have access to your data then I think its not important enough.

But surely, it would be great if MS adds the feature of a time based recycle bin.

YBL.

OK. So I've been looking at SkyDrive and Google Drive for a few days now and have drawn up a short comparison of the two. Of the two Google Drive is the more complete product in my opinion. You can view my comparison here. SkyDrive and Google Drive Comparison

I will update as I find other features.

I will be interesting to see their follow up article on the features. That one concentrates mainly on the free storage.