Backup & recovery guides
Practical, step-by-step educational guides covering common backup, recovery, and maintenance tasks.
How to Set Up Carbonite Safe
A starting point for installing and configuring cloud backup on a new computer.
View GuideHow to Check Backup Status
Understand how to confirm that your computer is actually being backed up.
View GuideHow to Restore Files
Steps involved in recovering individual files or folders from a previous backup.
View GuideHow to Recover a Computer
An overview of restoring a full set of data after a major hardware failure.
View GuideHow to Deploy Endpoint Backup Across a Team
General concepts for rolling out centrally managed backup to multiple devices.
View GuideHow to Troubleshoot Backup Failures
A structured approach to diagnosing why a backup client isn't working as expected.
View GuideHow to Update Backup Software
Why keeping backup software current matters, and what to check before and after updating.
View GuideHow to Recover from Ransomware Using Backups
How offsite backups can support recovery after a ransomware incident.
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