Lifehacker names Mozy and Carbonite among five best backup tools

Posted by Caitlin on July 17th, 2008

Lifehacker recently published a list of the five best Windows backup tools, based on votes from commenters. After sifting through nearly 350 comments, they came up with five popular favorites. Mozy and Carbonite, two of the online backup services we review at NextAdvisor.com, were both included in the top five. Lifehacker also included a poll in which readers could vote on their favorite of the five services highlighted in the post. Carbonite is currently in the lead, with 41% of the votes, but Mozy is only a few percentage points behind, with 37%. Based on the user response, it seems quite clear that Carbonite and Mozy are the favorite backup utilities for Lifehacker readers. To learn more about Mozy, Carbonite and other online backup services, view our comparison and reviews.

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