Everyone in the modern world is susceptible to having data lost, stolen, or corrupted, and by now you’ve probably determined that some form of data backup is a must-have. You also know the advantages of online backup – having your data in a separate physical location than your computer has numerous advantages over tape drive [...]

There are many people who look into having their files backed up online, but decide not to do so as they think the cost of online backup is going to be too much. However, that is the furthest thing from the truth and there are now many online backup services that are not only affordable, [...]

When most people think of online backup they think of backing up text files such as documents and spreadsheets. However, online backup can also protect other types of files from the unknown and this includes your most priceless memories. Many people use their computer as a place to store the many pictures that they take [...]

Carbonite raised the cost of its annual subscriptions for online backup file protection this week. A one year subscription has been increased 7% and now costs $59. The previous yearly price was $54.95. A two year plan is $109.00 ($54.50 per year) and the three year plan is now $139.00 ($46.33 per year). Carbonite claims [...]

Many people will consider using online backup as a way to safeguard against losing their important computer files, but many of these same people ultimately decide that they level of protection they will receive is no better than what they can get with typical media backup, even though online backup offers encryption. More likely, these [...]

Carbonite is designed to automatically back up most files in the Documents and Settings folder, which includes “My Documents” and “Desktop”. However, some users choose to manually select files for backup, or decide to back up files that are stored in other locations. Any file or folder can be added to the backup by simply [...]

Think of all the files you have on your computer and now think if they are backed up or not. You may be thinking that you really don’t need to have your computer files backed up. Maybe you have a newer computer. Maybe you have a system in place where you backup your files to [...]