On-line back-up options

357 · 09-02-2015, 08:49 AM

Carbonite for personal use is hard to beat. Very cheap and last I checked unlimited storage. It has a small client you install and it backs up automatically. The first backup takes a while but after that any new files are automatically and instantly pushed to the cloud.

I know many people including family that lost tons of family pictures due to failed external hard drives. I highly recommend a cloud backup tool like Carbonite. No schedules to mess with, no manual backups to run, no forgetting and losing data, no data loss from a cheap hard drive failing.

tsolomon · 09-02-2015, 11:20 AM

I just bought two 13" Windows laptops as my wife and I get ready for retirement and I went with this as a backup option.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ilpage_o04_s00

The CNET and PC Mag reviews were pretty good, but I haven't had the time to set it up yet. I do like the Time Machine for Mac, but that left when my daughter moved out.

pnoon · 09-02-2015, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by tsolomon

I just bought two 13" Windows laptops as my wife and I get ready for retirement and I went with this as a backup option.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ilpage_o04_s00

The CNET and PC Mag reviews were pretty good, but I haven't had the time to set it up yet. I do like the Time Machine for Mac, but that left when my daughter moved out.

I bought one of those, Tom.
But I have no intention of using the cloud storage. At least for now.

09-02-2015, 08:49 AM	#1
357 Will herf for food Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Mike Location: Home is where I park it Posts: 4,075 Trading: (9)	Re: On-line back-up options Carbonite for personal use is hard to beat. Very cheap and last I checked unlimited storage. It has a small client you install and it backs up automatically. The first backup takes a while but after that any new files are automatically and instantly pushed to the cloud. I know many people including family that lost tons of family pictures due to failed external hard drives. I highly recommend a cloud backup tool like Carbonite. No schedules to mess with, no manual backups to run, no forgetting and losing data, no data loss from a cheap hard drive failing. __________________ “Eating and sleeping are the only activities that should be allowed to interrupt a man's enjoyment of his cigar;” Mark Twain

09-02-2015, 11:20 AM	#2
tsolomon Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tom Location: The Villages, FL Posts: 1,248 Trading: (31)	Re: On-line back-up options I just bought two 13" Windows laptops as my wife and I get ready for retirement and I went with this as a backup option. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ilpage_o04_s00 The CNET and PC Mag reviews were pretty good, but I haven't had the time to set it up yet. I do like the Time Machine for Mac, but that left when my daughter moved out.