We use Carbonite. I leave some decisions (Virus protection, backup, etc.) to Himself. We are very pleased with Carbonite. Mary Finley ----- Original Message ----- From: "ETM" <etm1935@yahoo.com> To: "Lists" <gen-newbie@rootsweb.com>; <memory-lane@rootsweb.com>; <internet-genealogy@googlegroups.com>; <an-internet-family@googlegroups.com>; <genealogy-computers-chat@yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 3:28 PM Subject: [GN] Carbonite > > Because I wanted to back up an external that holds > my immediate backups, I bought up on the Carbonite > subscriber schedule. It now backs up my hard drive > and ONE external (I actually have three, so I have > named one of the drives Carbonite so I rermember > which one to put the GOOD stuff on for backup). > > Then Carbonite began to nag me, because an option > of my bought-up subscription is a mirror image for > which I need to commit one external (nothing else > can be here) of at least the same size as my hard > drive, and Carbonite will handle the software > mirror backup to my external drive. I tired of the > nagging and finally moved files from the one drive > to the drive that will be backed up to the > Carbonite servers and let Carbonite set up the > mirror image. It is doing that now, almost 23% > done, and I can use (though it is sluggish) my > computer while the image is being made. > > I suspect I will one day be happy to have an up to > date image and backup. If you are considering a > backup system, you might want to consider what is > now available at Carbonite since these options are > relatively new there. > > Elaine > > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >