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Comment on Carbonite Review: Recommended by Twizzle

Twizzle — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:46:58 +0000

I have (had) a Carbonite subscription since March 2009. In August I was “offline” for over a month whilst travelling – although I had my laptop with me & collected emails via GPRS. When I returned, Carbonite had terminated my account, because it’s servers had not heard from my PC in over 30 days. I can’t see this 30 day inactivity policy in their T&C, maybe it is in very very very fine print, but I think users should be aware of it – they have deleted my entire back up, without as much as an email to warn me. What a bunch of thieves.

Comment on Carbonite Review: Initial backup – 12 hours in, 40 to go. by Bill King

Bill King — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:06:03 +0000

Unlimited – 59 GB so far 20.5 GB to go

Comment on Carbonite Review: Initial backup – 12 hours in, 40 to go. by Mike

Mike — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:34:39 +0000

are you on a 2 GB free account or the unlimited one? 4 days for 2 GB is pretty slow, assuming that you have high speed internet!

Comment on Carbonite Review: Initial backup – 12 hours in, 40 to go. by Bill King

Bill King — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:09:05 +0000

My Carbonite backup is now at 4 days (96 hours and Counting) with 58% down and 22 % to go. It’s slower than I expected by I guess it will be worth it in the lomg run.

Comment on Carbonite Review: Incremental backups. by Mike

Mike — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:53:06 +0000

Thanks for your comment:

>>>The floppy scan only seems to happen when you
are running your first full backup – or at least that is
what happened in my case.<<<

Understood. But, how would you define "first full
backup?" I'm under the impression that in no way
does this thing try to backup one's entire hard drive.

If you are choosing what to backup, how is a backup of
your HD ever considered "complete" or "full?"

I'm on a free trial with a 2 GIG max of storage.
The program, by default (as you know) backed up
certain settings/doc/text folders. Then, it STOPPED.
I assumed it was then up to me to add what I wanted
to backup. I chose Mp3 files for starters.

As long as I was under 2 GIG, the scans (of Drive "A")
continued. As soon as I hit 2 GIG (this AM), the scans
stopped. This begs the question: If I subscribe for
UNLIMITED storage, will this thing continue to scan my
system constantly? That is what I mean by, "What is a
"first full backup?"

I notice in the "settings," it is set to "automatic" by
default. I'm wondering if I set the backup to only certain
times a day, if that will prevent the constant scans. As I
sit now, I'd have to cancel some of the backed-up files
to drop below 2 GIG to see what happens.

Any thoughts?

PS – I may have spoken too soon. Drive "A" is
churning again — albeit somewhat less frequently!

Comment on Carbonite Review: Incremental backups. by Mike

Mike — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:36:09 +0000

The floppy scan only seems to happen when you are running your first full backup – or at least that is what happened in my case. As soon as the full backup completed the floppy scan stopped.

Comment on Carbonite Review: Incremental backups. by Mike

Mike — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:05:31 +0000

Why did my post disappear?

Comment on Carbonite Review: Incremental backups. by Mike

Mike — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:47:18 +0000

Running XP. “Optimum Cable System” Free Trial Carbonite Service.

Having the same problem with the floppy being checked
every 2 to 4 minutes. Inserting a blank floppy doesn’t help.
Nor does shutting off the color dots.

In fact, the “Properties” of my “A” drive floppy say that it
won’t be backed up. Yet, the “checking” goes on.

I’d disable the drive, but the “help” section for the Device Manager says that if a floppy is disabled,
THE SYSTEM MIGHT NOT START UP. Don’t want to
take that chance, as I know my system checks the “A” drive before booting from the C drive.

I’m about ready to DELETE Carbonite. I’m sick of software
that takes over my system. Software is supposed to solve problems, not cause them

Comment on Google’s [Free] Online Backup? by chris

chris — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:50:34 +0000

One more point.
You of course have noticed that ads in your gmail window reflect your email content – so targeted profiling has been in place for sometime if you are using that service – there is no reason to think that Yahoo, MS, Quest or Comcast will do it any differently.

Comment on Google’s [Free] Online Backup? by chris

chris — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:43:25 +0000

You wrote – “as an avid canoeist with route maps, … am I going to be… targeted with ads for canoe/camping related items?”

Answer; YES
And that is a good thing. Ads are the payment for this otherwise free service. You are allowing google to profile you and google is essentially profit sharing with you to an amount equal to $100 to $300 in file storage services with no investment on your side other than your participation.

Yes you have to ask yourself – would I rather be bombarded with ads for insurance quotes, local “friend’ finding services, or an new design kevlar canoe paddle? And because you have been profiled, the targeted ad is more valuable and should generate a higher per click cost and require fewer ads to maintain competitive.

Looks like a win win to me.