My previous online backup was one-way over scp. I recently switched to live mesh because it's free and seems reliable. My backup is intended to be strictly one-way, it's only sync between two locations, local and skydrive, I never change anything on the skydrive synced folder. I don't think the sync will risk changing my local files. I read about sync in general, not specifically about live mesh, in this case sync center http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/How-to-keep-your-information-in-sync If you have added a new file in one location but not the other, Sync Center will copy the file to the other location. If you have deleted a file from one location but not the other, Sync Center will delete the file from the other location. and believe in that. And so far I haven't noticed any problems, but it still gives my an uneasy stomach when I see it saying "Receiving files" for long periods, I check for MOE.exe Write in Resource Monitor but haven't seen any which is good. But I would like to receive some confirmation that it hasn't changed anything locally, does it produce a log of the sync that I can read perhaps? What I'm afraid of is that it will accidentally revert a major folder reorganization. I believe it's unlikely that it will ever overwrite a new file with an old file unless the ntfs timestamp table is corrupted. But any local change however minor would be too annoying. I wish I could use robocopy /mir with skydrive but I guess that won't happen. Thanks!

Hi John S Peterson, For Live Mesh questions, please ask in Windows Live Solution Center. It's more professional on this issue. Thanks for your understanding and cooperation! Regards, MiyaThis posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. | Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.