Secure Your Hard Drive in the Cloud — Back Up to Mega with RcloneView

September 19, 2025 · 2 min read

Tech Writer

Keep your personal files safe. Use RcloneView to upload and synchronize your hard drive into Mega Cloud without the complexity of CLI.

Why back up your hard drive to Mega?

Hard drives fail: mechanical damage, accidental deletion, theft
Mega adds: end-to-end encryption, generous storage, cross-platform access
Result: a resilient off-site copy you can reach anytime, anywhere

Manage & Sync All Clouds in One Place

RcloneView is a cross-platform GUI for rclone. Compare folders, transfer or sync files, and automate multi-cloud workflows with a clean, visual interface.

One-click jobs: Copy · Sync · Compare
Schedulers & history for reliable automation
Works with Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, S3, WebDAV, SFTP and more

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Free core features. Plus automations available.

Step 1 — Preparation

Pick folders (e.g., Photos, Projects, Documents)
Ensure your Mega account has space
Plan for one-time uploads vs periodic syncs

Step 2 — Connect Hard Drive & Mega in RcloneView

Add Local Remote → point to your hard drive path
Add Mega → login/session → name it MyMega
Confirm both appear in Explorer

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Add Mega

Step 3 — Back Up Options

Drag & Drop: select and upload manually
👉 Copying Files using Drag and Drop
Compare & Copy: see changed/new files, sync selectively
👉 Compare and Manage Files
Sync & Jobs: set automated schedules for ongoing protection
👉 Job Scheduling and Execution

Conclusion

Why: guard against hardware failure with a cloud backup
How: RcloneView’s GUI makes it easy: Local → Mega using Drag & Drop, Compare, or Sync
Pro Tip: run a dry-run first and split huge uploads into batches