Comments on: Will Carbonite also backup programs and applications in a form that would allow them to be installed and run without the hassle of rebuilding ones pc in a crash?

Comments on: Will Carbonite also backup programs and applications in a form that would allow them to be installed and run without the hassle of rebuilding ones pc in a crash? http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/2009/04/09/will-carbonite-also-backup-programs-and-applications-in-a-form-that-would-allow-them-to-be-installed-and-run-without-the-hassle-of-rebuilding-ones-pc-in-a-crash/ Daily resource for independent consumer information and service reviews Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:38:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Bob Brodis http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/2009/04/09/will-carbonite-also-backup-programs-and-applications-in-a-form-that-would-allow-them-to-be-installed-and-run-without-the-hassle-of-rebuilding-ones-pc-in-a-crash/comment-page-1/#comment-31063 Bob Brodis Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:12:15 +0000 http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/?p=1606#comment-31063 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?

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