"Hi, my computer is not booting and it's making some clicking sound. I really need my family photos!!! Do you think they are still accessible?"

I get this type of call at least once a day from new clients. What the client doesn't know is that a clicking sound or messages like "unmountable boot device" usually means that their hard drive is severly damaged and professional data recovery is their only option now.

It simply doesn't have to be that way. If that person would've just backed up those family photos I wouldn't be getting this call.

Online backup is simply the easiest, simplest and most secure way you can backup your files. Period.

In short, online backups are the process of backing up your computer files to secure online storage via backup software (Carbonite Online Backup) running on your Windows or Apple based computer.

Let's start backing up your computer in 3 easy steps.

First, go ahead and download your 15 day free trial of Carbonite Online backup (All you need to give them is your name and email address...that's it).

Next, install Carbonite with the default options selected. If you're a little lost on how to install Carbonite here is an up-to-date step-by-step carbonite install guide.

Finally, Carbonite will automatically backup your desktop and my documents folder to their secure online storage. Please note that this initial backup can take a long time depending on how much data you have to backup. Once your initial backup completes subsequent backups will only take a few minutes.

Question: Is Carbonite online backup secure?

Answer: Yes, in 2 very big ways:

1. Every file that Carbonite uploads is encypted with 448-bit encryption. This basically means ONLY your carbonite username can access those files.
2. Your connection to Carbonite is secured with 128-bit end-to-end encryption. It's the same protection used in online backing.

Question: How expensive is Carbonite Online Backup?

Answer: It's only $50.00 a year for unlimited online storage!

Question: Will online backups slow down my internet connection?

Answer: You can control how much bandwidth is allocated to Carbonite and also schedule your backups to occur overnight so you'll never have a slow internet connection while backing up your files online.

Question: Can I choose which files to backup?

Answer: Sure. You can select just a few important files to be backed up or go ahead and choose to backup your entire computer! Carbonite online backup gives you unlimited backup storage so it's all up to you.