Easy & Free: Top 2 Ways to Use Amazon Cloud Drive as Backup

Scenario

Overview of Amazon Cloud Drive

As a secure cloud storage service for Amazon customers to back up their files, Amazon Drive allows users to save files, photos, videos, etc. online and access them from any device. It is available for Android, iOS, desktop PCs and Macs.

AWS backup pricing:

▾ For all Amazon users, there is a 5 GB free storage. After the free limit is reached, there are several plans available for users to upgrade.

▾ For Prime members, unlimited photo storage is free, and including video costs just $12 (up to 100GB).

▾ Non-Prime members are also reasonably priced (a 1TB plan costs $60 per year).

Cons:

▴ The Amazon Drive is quite convenient for storing photos, but it lacks advanced options. For example, users can only create one custom folder through the PC client.

▴ The interface is not very user-friendly and the subscription price is at a high-level stage.

▴ You are not allowed to automate sync and backup files.

Bad news: On July 30, Amazon sent out notification emails to Amazon Drive users, announcing that the service will end on December 31, 2023, thus all files left in Amazon Drive will be deleted that time.

Photos and videos from Amazon Drive accounts will be automatically saved to Amazon Photos, but for “not photos or videos” files, users will need to download them locally before the service is shut down.

Having an overview of Amazon Drive backup, it is time to figure out how to use Amazon Cloud Drive as backup in the following 2 simple and secure ways.

• #1. Backup PC files to Amazon Cloud Drive via the desktop client
• #2. Backup entire PC to Amazon drive with AOMEI Backupper

#1. Backup PC files to Amazon Cloud Drive via the desktop client

In this part, I will guide you to get yourself familiar with the Amazon Cloud Drive desktop app to finish backing up PC files to it. Please note the desktop app can’t be downloaded now, and you can use it only if you have already downloaded it before.

Tip: If you’d like to backup photos and videos to Amazon cloud, you can download Amazon Photos to have a try.

1. Open Amazon Cloud Drive desktop app. Then you will be prompted to sign in with your Amazon account, enter your details and click Sign in.

2. Once enter the main interface, tap the blue Upload button. You'll be asked which folder you want to place the file in, and once you choose (or make a new one), it’ll upload. Or you can simply drag a file, a folder, or multiple files or folders to the cloud icon to upload them to your Amazon Cloud Drive.

3. Wait for it to complete the backup process.

#2. Backup entire PC to Amazon drive with AOMEI Backupper

Since Amazon can only back up your files such as photos, videos, if you are in need to back up your entire PC to Amazon Drive, then you should seek professional backup software to help you achieve this task. Here I strongly recommend you use the best free backup software – AOMEI Backupper Standard, for it provides you with comprehensive backup features and easy-to-use interface. You can simply achieve whole PC backup to amazon cloud without any technical skills.

The following are some of its features you can have a concise understanding of it:

♨ 4 Backup types: It provides you with 4 backup types: File Backup, System Backup, Disk Backup and Partition Backup.
♨ Multiple cloud backup locations: It allows you to backup to Amazon Drive or other cloud drives such as OneDrive, Google Drive, Box, Dropbox, hubiC, SugarSync, Cloudme.
♨ Support Incremental/Differential Backup: It provides three backup methods for you, namely full backup, incremental backup and differential backup. Incremental/differential backup can help you save target disk space while keeping your backups up-to-date.
♨ Support all Windows OS: It runs smoothly on Windows 7/8/8.1/10/11/XP/Vista. Also, AOMEI Backupper Server is the option for Server users.

Before you do:

⊙ Create a folder in advance to store your disk image backup.

⊙ Download AOMEI Backupper Standard to your computer.

Step 1. Open this freeware, click Backup in the main interface, then click Disk Backup. If you want to enable backup laptop files in Windows 11, please tap File Backup option.

Step 2. Click + Add Disk to choose the current system disk as source disk.

Step 3. Choose Amazon Drive folder created before as the destination to save the backup image from your computer. Besides backing up to cloud drives, you are allowed to backup to a local disk, cloud services, external drives, USB flash drives NAS devices etc.

Step 4. To enable automatic backup, just click Schedule Backup in the lower left corner to run automatic backup at daily, weekly, monthly, Event triggers, and USB plug in. (You can enjoy the last two options in the advanced edition)

Modify desired settings:
Options: You are allowed to modify the backup image, like compress, split, encrypt, and comment on the backup image file, or set an email notification.
Backup Scheme (in paid version): It helps you manage your hard disk storage space in a scheduled backup task, which will delete old backup images automatically with selected cleanup methods to free up space.

Step 5. Press Start Backup to perform backup to Amazon Drive effortlessly.

Step 6. Drag and drop the folder where the disk image is stored into Amazon Cloud Drive to backup the entire machine to Amazon Cloud.

To sum up

That’s all about how you can use Amazon Cloud Drive as backup in 2 easy ways. Whether you choose Amazon Drive desktop app or apply to AOMEI Backupper to finish the task, I hope you can safely protect your data from loss. But sincerely, if you are looking for more professional backup features to improve backup efficiency, then AOMEI Backupper can be your most worthy choice.

Not only because it can assist you to clone Windows 11 to another hard drive, but also it is regarded as the best way to backup Windows 11. You can discover more powerful features in this most reliable backup software, don't hesitate to try it now!