Posted on July 21, 2008 by Mike
It’s been almost two weeks now since I started looking at Carbonite and I have to say that overall I am very impressed. In my previous posts (First Look, Initial Backup, Incremental Backups) I looked at installing, setup and the initial days of backup. In this post I will look a little more at how Carbonite handles backup with respect to power saving features and being disconnected from the internet. I will also look at the restore process.
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Posted on July 13, 2008 by Mike
It’s been a couple of days now since I started using Carbonite’s online backup service. The initial (full) backup went well and took 2.5 days to complete which isn’t too bad for 11 GB of data. I think the incremental backups are working but I have to admit that I am not sure at this [...]
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Posted on July 9, 2008 by Mike
As an online backup service provider I’ve been thinking a lot lately about free or almost free online backup services. What has really prompted me to think about it though are the re-emerging rumors of Google offering Online Backup. I think that if anyone is going to offer free online backup services it would be [...]
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Posted on July 9, 2008 by Mike
It’s been 12 hours since I signed up for and installed Carbonite’s online backup client on my home PC and things are working well.
What I like so far:
There are a couple of features that have impressed me so far and they are:
How easy the install was. Honestly I think this is the fastest easiest install [...]
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Posted on July 9, 2008 by Mike
I decided to take a look at Carbonite’s online backup service today. I have to admit that the sign-up process was painless and the installation was very quick. I did choose the default installation settings i.e. I didn’t change anything as I figure this is how most people will opt to use the software.
I have [...]
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