Carbonite?

[BigCat]

Thinking about getting this. I'm sure there are other services that are similar but since Rush endorses this one it's the one I know about.

Computers/needs:

MacBook Pro with 5k songs/vids and a few pictures/docs that need backed up. Loss of these would be devastating. Will probably upgrade to new laptop and get a desktop as well within the next year but want to keep these safe until then.

Brand new HP laptop for business running garbage Windows. Have thousands of pdf's and documents saved in proprietary software for work that I can't afford to lose.

I also have 95k songs that I stole from Paul Allen's yacht that I'm currently housing on a WD 1 TB ExHD that would be nice to figure out how to throw onto a backup service so I don't have to worry about damaging the ExHD if I transport it and it gets damaged. Can Carbonite do this?

$55 a year seems super cheap if it really works. I'm not much of a tech dude so I'm looking for input on the limitations of these types of services and whether they might fail. Anyone have experience with this? tia

[Bookcat]

Never used Carbonite and it seems kind of gimmicky for the price.

I'm not a fan of Time Machine that comes with the OS....but I have used Superduper for MAC and never had any problems. You can make a bootable clone of your hard drive including scheduled maintenance.

http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html


$27.95

The free version doesn't allow you to schedule backups.

[steve dave]

It makes sense that neo-cons are the last ones storing music.

[opcat]

buy an external harddrive and back up your stuff once in a while.  Or find software that does it automatically.

[BigCat]

buy an external harddrive and back up your stuff once in a while.  Or find software that does it automatically.

I have an ExHD but don't want to blow cash on a transportable one... The WD one I have cautions not to transport it (which I want to do). Would be afraid of messing it up. Which software? That's pretty much my q.

[Thin Blue Line]

It makes sense that neo-cons are the last ones storing music.

That's just rude.   

[JTKSU]

I would strongly recommend that you do not mess with Carbonite.  That crap really &@#%ed up Han's world.  He was like blind or something for a while.

[jeffy]

buy an external harddrive and back up your stuff once in a while.  Or find software that does it automatically.

This is what I do.  I use Microsoft's Synctoy 2.  It runs a check every time I turn my computer on.  It checks for changed files and only backs them up.

[LimestoneOutcropping]

I would strongly recommend that you do not mess with Carbonite.  That crap really fracked up Han's world.  He was like blind or something for a while.

Jesus, good call.  Someobody owes JT a huge "thank you"

[JTKSU]

I would strongly recommend that you do not mess with Carbonite.  That crap really fracked up Han's world.  He was like blind or something for a while.

Jesus, good call.  Someobody owes JT a huge "thank you"

[Thin Blue Line]

I would strongly recommend that you do not mess with Carbonite.  That crap really fracked up Han's world.  He was like blind or something for a while.

Jesus, good call.  Someobody owes JT a huge "thank you"

[PCR]

Super Duper is good if you just want to clone.  The free version will do that.  Otherwise time machine.  I don't know much about Windows backups.  They probably have something built in, unless you use Ghost to make a clone. 

[Skycat]

FWIW the HCIQ website I visit says use Mozy.

[ew2x4]

FWIW the HCIQ website I visit says use Mozy.

Mozy works pretty well.