I've been doing some research online about people's feelings for and against Carbonite.com as an online backup solution. My renewal is due any day now so I wanted to see what people were saying. The biggest complaint I found was that by default it doesn't backup certain file types. This effects me personally, because all my videos of my kids were not being backed up BY DEFAULT!
You can read for yourself from their website at http://carbonite.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1381/kw/file%20types%20not%20backed%20up
but here's a summary that's not in small print.
Carbonite backs up all files except for:
- .EXE
- .DLL files
- Files in known system and temporary folders such as the C:\Windows folder (These files cannot be added to your backup for your protection).
- Files contained in hidden system folders
- Files which are over 4GB in size (however, you can individually add large files to your backup by right-clicking on them and selecting Back this up from the Carbonite menu).
- Video files (but you can add video files to your backup by right-clicking on a video file and selecting Properties. Then under the Carbonite tab select Back up files of this type (within folders selected for backup). This will select all video files under 4GB in size that are currently within folders selected for backup).
- Files on external drives
I understand the reasoning behind this, but I think that everything in the "My Pictures" directory should be backed up by default.
I still plan on renewing for another year, but I've now made sure now that my ENTIRE "My Pictures" folder is being backed up by adding .avi to the list of file types being backed up.
Another thing to note is that you should always have a local copy. I have an external drive that I use for this. For managing that backup, I recommend Microsoft's Sync Toy 2.1 which is a free download at
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