June 2nd, 2010
Powersurges not Withstanding Carbonite Keeps your Data Safe
If you have always been taught to turn off as many electric items as possible during a lighting storm then you learned some very important information. However, while this will certainly reduce the risk of having things like your TV or computer fried by a bolt of lightening, it does not protect them entirely. Power surges can completely ruin a computer and make files like pictures and vital personal information impossible to get to. That is what using carbonite to backup your data makes so much sense. If you are using your computer as a picture album, then if your computer is taken out during a storm, you can have all your pictures back on your new computer thanks to your off site data backup
