3 Steps to Backup your Computer Online

With the advent of high speed Internet connections becoming the norm, more and more people are storing huge quantities of files online as a backup in case anything happened to the originals on their local computer.

For those of you who don't have the first idea about how you can Backup your computer online this article is for you. I'm going to go over the three simple steps you need to take to sign up with a an online backup service like Mozy or Carbonite, download their software, and start backing up your files for safe keeping.

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Step 1 Get your Online Backup Account

It doesn't matter which company you choose to backup your files with whether it's Mozy or Carbonite. We like Carbonite here at DontLoseYourData.com, just a personal preference, but either company will do. Carbonite has a 14 day free trial you can sign up for for this process.

Click here to sign up for the free trial account now.

You'll be prompted for a few pieces of information your name, email but you won't be charged a penny to get started. Once you have you're online backup account move on to step 2.

Step 2 Downloading the Desktop Software

Most online backup services use some sort of desktop application which is your bridge between the companies safe storage servers, and the files on your local computer.

The download process should be very straight forward. Once you sign up with Carbonite you'll be prompted to download the software right away. Download it and install it on your PC (if you need assistance installing the software check the help files on Carbonite's website).

Once you have the software installed you can begin to select which files you want to backup. When your setting up to backup your computer online, you don't usually backup every single file you have. More often you select important documents, files, photos, music, videos etc. that you can't create again if they were lost.

Program files that you can re-install after a crash or hard drive failure don't need to be backed up. The process of selecting which files you want to backup on your PC is very easy.

Step 3 Backing up your Computer Online

Once you've chosen the files you want to backup online you start your initial transfer of all those files to the online storage server. This is the only slow part of the entire process. Depending on how many files you have to backup this can take a few hours, to a day or two.

There is a great feature with Carbonite so that when you backup your computer online you can tell the desktop application how much band width it can use. This ensures that the backup process doesn't interfere with your day-to-day computer usage.

Once the initial backup is complete Carbonite will continually monitor all of the files and folders you've chosen to keep backed up. If a file is modified, or a new file shows up it will be backed up the next time you use your PC.

This creates a completely hands off backup procedure for you, meaning you never have to worry about manually backing up files, or remembering to upload new files you create.