We listened to your feedback, and today Carbonite is proud to unveil our new suite of Carbonite Home solutions. The new Carbonite HomePlus and HomePremier solutions have been designed to complement our existing Carbonite Home solution.
We’re thrilled to offer additions to our Home suite, allowing you to choose the comprehensive backup plan that meets your specific needs. Many customers have asked for the ability to back up their external hard drive to their Carbonite cloud – now they can. We’re also delivering an innovative hybrid backup option that provides an even-greater level of protection by combining our cloud-based data backup with a local ‘bare metal’ backup.
New features available in the Carbonite Home suite include:
- External hard drive backup: HomePlus and HomePremier plans include external hard drive backup, the feature we saw most requested by customers. Now, users can also add files and folders saved on an external drive to their online backup.
- Mirror Image: HomePlus and HomePremier users will have an extra layer of protection with a local copy of their computer’s hard drive. With Mirror Image, you now have the ability to back up the operating system and software programs to an external hard drive. Now, if your hard drive crashes, Mirror Image can be used to quickly restore your entire disk (including the Windows operating system, all applications and settings) in just a few hours.
- Courier Recovery: The HomePremier plan also comes with the option to have a backup recovery drive shipped right to your door. For users with large backups, the Courier Recovery option may be the fastest way to get files back if you ever need to recover all your data or don’t have Internet connectivity to perform a standard recovery.
These new Carbonite Home features are currently available for PC subscriptions. For members of our growing Mac community, we look forward to delivering more features and functionality for you in the coming year.