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Not only did we give Carbonite four stars out of five in a glowing review, but we also awarded it the coveted Editor's Choice badge. It's great.
"Carbonite Safe is a capable set-it-and-forget-it backup service that eliminates any worries about running out of room when backing up your stuff," we concluded, "It's a worthy service for the average user."
Carbonite offers once-a-day backup, unlimited data backup with file versioning (that means it retains older versions of files), and more. This service also intelligently pinpoints the most common data and locations like Windows documents, pictures, folders, and so on. To signal the backed-up status of a file, Carbonite places a small dot next to the file or folder. Orange means the backup is pending and green means they've already been backed up.
This is a terrific deal, but it ends on March 31st, so you better swoop in now and get it while you can.
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The 20TB Western Digital hard drive deal on Amazon rings up as $349.99. But it also includes a $70 coupon on the front page (don't miss it!), which brings down the price to $279.99 after checking out.
According to Gordon Mah Ung, who has done the math, the 20TB option is the cheapest that WD offers for this product, at a mind-boggling $14 per terabyte. Remember when dollars per gigabyte was a thing?
Okay, so is there a catch? Not really, but there are some things you need to know about. As one commenter points out, the way drive manufacturers report capacity and the way in which Windows reports it differ. Windows will report it as 18.6TB instead. This is typical for virtually all drives, however.
This is a powered drive, meaning you'll need to plug it into a wall. It also uses the USB 3.0 interface, which transfers data at a comparatively paltry 5Gbps. If you want to back up files, you'll probably just need to plug it in, connect it, and let it do its thing in the background. While the drive comes preformatted for Windows, if you want to fully format it for whatever reason, it will probably take close to a day.
Amazon also says that there may be a limited number of coupons available, so don't dawdle if you want to take advantage of this deal!
In just a few days, however, the world will recognize World Backup Day, where you're encouraged to make a copy of your data and a copy of that copy. Combining your laptop's hard drive, this dea
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