After reading the detailed Carbonite review below, you’ll see I’m a big fan of Carbonite online backup. It’s not perfect as I’ve discovered reading reviews of Carbonite from other users of the service, but so far for me it has been working flawlessly and I have no complaints.

What I like best about Carbonite is that it’s super easy to use and incredibly cheap. You download this small program that runs quietly in the background of your computer without bogging it down either. That was my biggest fear-that it would slow down my computer. I had no performance issues at all and to this day I never have.

I backed up my files weekly to an external hard drive but I wanted more insurance “just in case” so I tried out Carbonite’s 15-day free trial. I was so pleased that after my trial period expired I signed up for a 2-year subscription. I figured for less than $100 it was cheap insurance. I still continue to do my weekly backups but it’s a “peace of mind” thing to know my files are automatically being backed up remotely. Now if my external hard drive crashes, it won’t be a big deal because Carbonite will have a backup of my files at all times.