Local Computer Guy

Our Services

ONLINE BACKUP

Every year, 43% of computer users lose irreplaceable photos, emails, documents and financial records. Dangers lurk around every corner – hard drive crashes, theft, accidental deletion and natural disasters to name just a few.

Read more...
 
Email setup

Struggling with receiving or sending emails? Would you like to set up a new email account? Do you need to transfer your address book and your emails to a new computer?

Read more...
 
Home Networking

Wired or wireless network up and running in no time! Link your PCs, laptop and game consoles to easy exchange photos and music files. 

Read more...
 
Hardware Upgrades

 

Sometimes your computer just need a new part or two, like a bit of RAM memory, or a faster network card or a wireless adapter.

 

Read more...
 
Home IT Support ONLINE BACKUP
ONLINE BACKUP

Every year, 43% of computer users lose irreplaceable photos, emails, documents and financial records. Dangers lurk around every corner – hard drive crashes, theft, accidental deletion and natural disasters to name just a few.

Can you afford to lose your data?


Carbonite is a simple, easy-to-use online backup service that safeguards the irreplaceable contents of your computer. Installing Carbonite takes just one minute. After that, it works quietly and continuously in the background to make sure your files are backed up securely offsite where they’re available for easy, on-demand retrieval. In order to protect your privacy, files are encrypted twice before they leave your PC, so only you can see them. Retrieving lost files takes just a few clicks from your desktop.

Backup Features and Benefits

  • Unlimited storage capacity for one flat annual subscription fee – back up all your data files or just the ones you want
  • Strong encryption protects your privacy (files encrypted twice before they leave your PC)
  • Private key encryption option available to advanced users
  • Automatically, continuously finds and backs up your irreplaceable files, e.g. photos, documents, music, and emails
  • Set and forget – automatically detects and backs up new and changed files
  • No need to schedule backups, however scheduling options available for advanced users
  • File versioning – allows you to restore any of several previous versions of a backed up file
  • Backs up open files
  • Block-level incremental backup – when files change, only the changes are backed up
  • Silent when computer is in use – never slows it down
  • Backup status information and restore functions integrated with  Windows Explorer Restore Features and Benefits •Restore with a few clicks from Windows Explorer (“My Computer”)
  • Restore everything, or just selected files or folders
  • Restore Wizard guides you through the process of restoring files to a new computer
  • Restore multiple versions of a file (e.g., last Tuesday’s version of a presentation)
  • Restores 10-20GB per day over DSL or Cable (depending  on the speed of your Internet connection

System Requirements Currently, Carbonite supports Windows XP and Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit versions of both) and Mac OS 10.4 and above with an Intel processor. Carbonite has no plans to support older versions of Windows (e.g. 98, 2000,