Installing Carbonite Safe Backup Pro and Initial Backup Selections

• This article is for Windows - View the Mac article

After Carbonite Safe Pro Users and Administrators have completed their registration, they can sign into their account and install Carbonite Safe Pro on their computer. When installing Carbonite for the first time, you have the option to begin your backup with Automatic or Manual selections.

To install Carbonite, sign into your Carbonite account as an administrator at https://account.carbonite.com.

Sign In

Once signed in, you will be at your company's Dashboard. Make sure the Users tab is selected, then click on your username in the list of users.

This will open the user page. Select Install on this computer from the Computer Actions drop-down menu.

Click Download Now and follow the instructions to download and install Carbonite on your computer.

During the installation process, Carbonite shows two options for maintaining your backupA set of copies of your files on our servers., Automatic and Advanced.

Carbonite will back up using Automatic settings by default. Click Start backing up to proceed with the installation, or click the advanced settings link to configure advanced backup settings before starting your backup.

• Automatic settings (Recommended) - This option backs up your C:\Users\ folder. This location holds your documents, pictures, music, and other important files that you may wish to back upTo send a copy of your files from your computer to our servers for safe keeping..
• Advanced settings - Choosing this option lets you further manage your backup before you complete the installation.
• • What gets backed up - Here you can choose to include Carbonite's recommended default backup selections or start with nothing selected for back up. Even if you choose to start with nothing in your backup, you can choose to add the recommended default selections at any time.
  • Backup Schedule - With this slide bar you can choose to have Carbonite update your backup automatically (default), or create a backup schedule based off when you wish your back up to occur.
  • Manage your private encryption key - Carbonite provides an option for Safe Pro administrators to manage your own encryption key, which gives you greater control of your backed up information. If you are unaccustomed to managing encryption keys, it is recommended that you allow Carbonite to retain your encryption key. There will be no way to retrieve your backed up data if you lose your encryption key.

With either choice, you can always add files, folders, and other internal hard drives to your backup by right-clicking on them and selecting Carbonite; Back this up. We recommend that you let Carbonite automatically manage your backup to ensure your important locations are selected for back up.