Online Backup Review - What Online Backup is and Why You Need It
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My Story Of Data "Meltdown" and Discovering Online Backup
My hard drive was dead and I was freakin. I had some backups on a cd and an flash drive but those were more than 6 month's old! I was "sunk"...all our family photo's, movies, documents, programs, emails and the list went on and on.
Eventually I had to pay a firm in Califoria $1,400 to retrieve "our life" from this dead hard drive.
I had never heard of online backup services before and if I had then I wouldn't be writing this now.
How Online Backup Works
Backing up your computer online may sound complicated, but trust me...it's not.Basically you'll install a little piece of software on your computer which will backup your files to secure online storage (more secure than your bank actually).
You can either let the backup software choose what to back up or you can manually select which files are important to you.
Once you decide which files should be backed up you can setup a backup schedule. The schedule is completely up to you. You can select hourly backups or monthly ones, it's very flexible!
Now, you'll never have to worry about backing up your computer files again! It's ALL automatic!
So, next time you lose a file you won't have to panic because you'll know all your important files are just a few online clicks away.
Are Online Backups Really The Best Way To Backup?
Simply put...YES! Lets go over a few reasons why online backups are best way to backup your computer:* you don't have to remember to backup. It's automatic!
* you don't have to depend on external hard drives which can and WILL eventually fail.
* you can use your dvd's for something else.
* if your computer get's stolen your files are just a few clicks away.
* house fires got nutt'in on your data now!
My Online Backup Software
I personally use Carbonite Online Backup. It's free to try for 15 days and they don't even require you to submit a credit card during your trial! If you like Carbonite you can sign-up for a one year subscription (it's only $49.99 for the year). Backing up your entire PC with Carbonite is soooo simple, here's the process:1. Start your FREE 15 Day Carbonite Trial.
2. Download the software.
3. Install it.
4. Carbonite will initially backup your desktop and documents folders to their secure online storage
5. Customize Carbonite to suit your needs.
6. You're Done!
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