Verdict: 4.5 stars and an Editors' Choice nod. How well does all this work? CNET hasn't reviewed iDrive (nor have I), so let me steer you to this PCMag review from about a year ago. Personal plans support a single user and an unlimited number of computers.

This can take up to a week, though, so it's not necessarily a faster solution, just a more expedient one. IDrive: Pricing IDrive has three different pricing tiers, as well as a free plan that includes 5GB.

Then you ship the drive back the data gets added to your cloud repository. Fortunately, your subscription also includes iDrive Express, which works like this: iDrive ships you an external hard drive, which you use to quickly back up your files. This is normal, and true with all online backup services. You should also be prepared for your initial backup to take some time - possibly several days or even longer, depending on how much data you've got. Cloud storage is for data, which is ultimately what you want to preserve. IDrive has three different pricing tiers, as well as a free plan that includes 5GB. For that you should use an external or network drive. Do take note that this is not designed to back up (or restore) an entire hard drive. Here's a full rundown of the features included with your iDrive subscription.

Idrive cloud storage pricing