Carbonite review

Carbonite Review

carbonite

Pros: Super simple, great price.

Cons: No Mac support

Rating: 4.5/5

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Detailed Product Review:

When simple data backup is what your looking for Carbonite is the answer, bar none. It doesn’t have all the bells and whistle but it works great. One of the coolest features is the little dots on each file you chose to backup.file example

Carbonite is no stranger to security. Carbonite offer 128 bit encryption and your own personal encryption key to boot.

Ease of use is probably the best out of all the product listed. Just rigt click on the folders or drives you want backup and select “back up”. Initial backup may take some time, but incremental backup are fast. carbonite right click

Autoback/Schedule- you can have automatic or scheduled backups.

Recovery is simple. Just select recovery mode from task bar manager. A folder appears with your backed up files, simply drag and drop the files you want to restore.

checkless than $4.50 per month, paid annually

checkFree 14 day trial

checkAutomated backs

checkThrottle CPU speed

checkShared files access

checkMapped drives requires

checkBackup of locked files

checkStatus icons on files

Pro’s

  • Simple- Easy interface.
  • Secure-SSL technology ensures your data is encrypted while in transit.
  • Automatic-Set which files you want backed up and Carbonite does the rest.
  • Status Icons

Con’s

  • No Mac Support.
  • Only works on Fixed drives.
  • Video files are excluded by default.(You can override this option)

Recap

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  1. I backup my important files on a daily basis using a data backup software called Titan Backup, onto an external harddisk, but the company stated that an online backup feature built on Amazon S3 is under work also. I bought it after reading the review in PC World

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