- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (15-day trial); $49.95 to buy (Buy it now)
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Date added: July 08, 2008
- Total Downloads: 10,985
- Downloads last week: 67
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 120 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
If backing up your folders is one of those good ideas you never get around to, Carbonite Online PC Backup might just be the program for you. Carbonite tales the effort out of your contingency plan with software that automatically backs up your selected data and stores it, encrypted, on online servers. The format and services are useful and intuitive. An entertaining video tutorial explains your options for selecting and deselecting individual files or folders to back up. You can set your preferences to auto-backup your data each time you change it, or run back-ups manually. You can permanently exclude some data from being saved, and quickly recover files from your online holdings. Carbonite has an unobtrusive color-coded system for communicating the status of your file back-ups, so you can determine you status at a glance. For instance, a green dot by the folder on your desktop signals a successful online back-up.
Some downsides we encountered were the high CPU usage (the program suggests two methods for reducing its bandwidth) and the long initial back-up, which is also given due warning. It is likely that the initial back-up will take significantly longer for users whose corporate computers log them out when they idle than for home users whose back-up will continue to run while the user is away. The download itself is lengthy and requires you to disrupt your session with a reboot. New users are also required to register an e-mail address. Despite these minor set-backs, Carbonite Online PC Backup is a worthy investment of time and money, particularly for users who want a hands-off solution to backing up their data and those wary of losing or accumulating too many physical back-ups.
Publisher's description
From Carbonite :Carbonite Online PC Backup will automatically back up all the data on your PC for $50/year - that's right, regardless of how much data you have. You can't beat that price - 90% lower than our competitors. Most importantly, Carbonite is a "set and forget" service. It takes just one minute to download and install and then you're all set because we constantly monitor your PC for new and modified files (and backup only the difference). And we won't slow down your PC/Internet. Carbonite is also integrated with the Windows file explorer so you won't have to learn a new interface. Data is encrypted before it leaves your PC and remains encrypted on our servers. Carbonite is ideal for home use, frequent travelers, students, small businesses--we provide "Backup for Everyone." at a price you can afford.
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