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File Types Carbonite Backs Up for Carbonite Safe Backup Pro

Summary:

Carbonite automatically backs up the files that are most important to you. By intelligently scanning your computer, Carbonite does not select unnecessary file types, which improves backup and restore speeds. However, less common user-created data can be manually added to your Carbonite backup.

Solution:

For best results, we recommend that you take a moment to verify that the data most important to you is included in your backup.

For more information about what is included in your Carbonite backup, click one of the collapsible sections below.

  • Carbonite backs up user-created files such as:
    • Word documents
    • Text files
    • PowerPoint presentations
    • Excel spreadsheets
    • Pictures
    • Archive files (.zip)
    • .PDFs
    • Most proprietary files created within programs.
  • Microsoft Outlook Emails (.PST files).
  • Email files saved with Thunderbird, IncrediMail and Windows Live Mail (individual files 1 TB or larger must be manually selected for backup).
  • Financial files used by programs such as Quicken and Quickbooks.
  • Music files(.mp3, .m4a, etc.)
  • Video files (.mpeg, .m4v. etc.)

Need to back something up? You can select most files or folders for backup at any time by right-clicking them and selecting Carbonite; Back this up.

  • The C:/Users (or C:\Documents and Settings for Windows XP) locations on your computer will be backed up automatically if you chose Automatic settings during installation.
  • Any new files created in these locations will also be backed up automatically.
    • You can always turn this setting off or on by toggling the "Include Carbonite's Default File Types in My Backup" option in the Carbonite application.
      • When off, Carbonite will not automatically back up new file types when they are added to this location.
    • If you chose Advanced settings during installation and opted to start with nothing in your backup, this location will not be selected for backup by default.
      • Enabling the "Include Carbonite's Default File Types in My Backup" option in the Carbonite application will select this location for backup.

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