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Microsoft’s OneDrive is an excellent online cloud-storage option for backing up your files (especially photos, PDFs and documents). It comes with 15GB of free storage space, which should be more than enough for most people. What’s more, OneDrive comes pre-installed with Windows 10, so you’ll have easy access to your synced files if you upgrade your PC.

The fastest way to move files to OneDrive in Windows 7 and 8 is to install the Desktop program, then add OneDrive as a destination to your PC’s right-click Send To menu. If you don’t have the OneDrive Desktop program, go to 1drv.ms/1MDs6va, click the ‘Download now’ button on the left, launch the setup file, follow the onscreen instructions to install it, then log in with your Microsoft account. 

To add OneDrive as a Send To menu location, press the Window key+R to open the Run dialogue box, then type shell:sendto and press Enter. You’ll see a folder containing all the locations in your PC’s right-click Send To menu. Drag the OneDrive icon from your Desktop into this folder to add it as a location. Now whenever you want to move your files/folders to OneDrive, simply select those items, right-click any of the selected ones, move your cursor to Send To and click OneDrive. This tip won’t work in Windows 10, but you should add OneDrive to your Desktop for easy access. To do that, open the Start menu, click ‘All apps’ at the bottom left, navigate to the OneDrive tile and drag it on to your Desktop.