http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/2009/01/08/if-you-somehow-get-a-virus-or-spyware-is-this-passed-along-w-the-regular-backups-and-can-they-contaminate-previous-entries-that-make-backups-worthles/ Daily resource for independent consumer information and service reviews Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:51:25 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/2009/01/08/if-you-somehow-get-a-virus-or-spyware-is-this-passed-along-w-the-regular-backups-and-can-they-contaminate-previous-entries-that-make-backups-worthles/comment-page-1/#comment-32010 Larry Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:37:12 +0000 http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/?p=365#comment-32010 we are buying a new computer .. can we use carbonite to back up our documents and music and then recover to the new computer .. we don't intend to use the old computer once we install the new one we are buying a new computer .. can we use carbonite to back up our documents and music and then recover to the new computer .. we don't intend to use the old computer once we install the new one

]]> http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/2009/01/08/if-you-somehow-get-a-virus-or-spyware-is-this-passed-along-w-the-regular-backups-and-can-they-contaminate-previous-entries-that-make-backups-worthles/comment-page-1/#comment-31037 Bob Brodis Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:07:22 +0000 http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/?p=365#comment-31037 I am a Carbonite customer. I've never had to use it to restore anything. I'm also backing up my hard drive on a seperate hard drive. I've loaded a "virgin" OS with all the programs I'm likely to use, plus my documents, then made sure they functioned. this way, If something crashes, I have a "pristine" system (with all my programs loaded and configured)with which to start my Carbinite restore. What I'm wondering is, is there an online service that does this? After all, the whole point of a backup solution is to minimize the time and aggravation of recreating lost data. The only other solution that comes to mind is some sort of Slipstreaming of the OS to include the installation of my programs, and I'd still need a backup of my documents. Help me out here. Any suggestions? I am a Carbonite customer. I've never had to use it to restore anything. I'm also backing up my hard drive on a seperate hard drive. I've loaded a "virgin" OS with all the programs I'm likely to use, plus my documents, then made sure they functioned. this way, If something crashes, I have a "pristine" system (with all my programs loaded and configured)with which to start my Carbinite restore. What I'm wondering is, is there an online service that does this? After all, the whole point of a backup solution is to minimize the time and aggravation of recreating lost data. The only other solution that comes to mind is some sort of Slipstreaming of the OS to include the installation of my programs, and I'd still need a backup of my documents. Help me out here. Any suggestions?

]]> http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/2009/01/08/if-you-somehow-get-a-virus-or-spyware-is-this-passed-along-w-the-regular-backups-and-can-they-contaminate-previous-entries-that-make-backups-worthles/comment-page-1/#comment-30585 Rex R. Rodney Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:33:25 +0000 http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/?p=365#comment-30585 If I backup a large amount of data (maybe even say my boot drive) and I find I need one small file from that backup can I go into the backup and locate that file and just down load it? --Rex-- If I backup a large amount of data (maybe even say my boot drive) and I find I need one small file from that backup can I go into the backup and locate that file and just down load it?
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