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Barbara Lombardi <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:00:16 -0500
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Wow that's fantastic.  


Barb K1EIR

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Angelo Sonnesso
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 9:42 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: OT carbonite backup

I had to restore my wife's data to a Vista laptop while I was waiting for a
new hard drive.
Carbonite put everything in the correct Vista directories, and when I
received the new hard drive I restored her files back on to her XP machine.
It could not have worked better.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: OT carbonite backup


> Barb,
>
> I've been using Carbonite for a couple of years now, and I highly 
> recommend
> it.  Once you install the software, it runs quietly in the background
> checking your files to see which ones have changed, and hence, which ones 
> it
> needs to back up.  When you right-click on a file, an additional option of
> "Carbonite Submenu" shows up.  Within that submenu, you can tell Carbonite
> to back up the file if it isn't already being backed up, or to stop 
> backing
> it up if you no longer want to do so.  You also have the option to go to 
> the
> Carbonite Website where you have other choices, such as managing your
> account, restoring your files to another computer, etc.
>
> Some time ago, the hard drive on this computer failed, which would have 
> been
> a disaster if I hadn't been using Carbonite.  Once I got my computer back
> from the shop, I went to Carbonite's Website, logged into my account,
> reinstalled the software, and started the restore process.  It took about 
> a
> day, but all my important files were populated back onto my computer just 
> as
> if I were still using that old failed hard drive.  I haven't tried this, 
> but
> I could have restored all my files to another machine if I had wanted to.
> Since this computer is used for my business as well as my personal data, 
> I'm
> very glad I was using Carbonite.  What could have been extremely traumatic
> turned out to be an almost painless experience.  As far as I'm concerned,
> the five bucks per month I pay is well worth the price for a "set it and
> forget it" backup solution.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Barbara Lombardi" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 18:51
> Subject: OT carbonite backup
>
>
>> has anyone used carbonite backup and is it accessible?
>>
>> Barb K1EIR
>>
>> 

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