Hi Mario. Personally, your questions about Carbonite are not shared by me. Not saying that your questions are not valid though. We started using Carbonite on the recommendation of Kim Komando. We have had it a couple of years and have not had a problem yet. I believe in backups as much as anyone, but my problem is that I forget and forget, and forget... Did I say that I forget? This is also why I upgrade BIAB every year with the hd option also as a little added insurance. I will say that it is a royal pita to re-install everything. I had to do it once when I got a trojan virus from not using a good anti-virus pgm and another time when I had to upgrade from XP to Win 7. For us, Carbonite is worth every penny. YMMV.

Stan

Cornet Curmudgeon