When HiWired went belly up one of the first things that hit me was the backup. I have the HiWired backup (read Carbonite) on my primary family system so I figured it would be a good idea to restore that backup to an external hard drive I had. Not only would it be an extra copy of all the latest stuff but it would give us an idea if the backup was still functioning.
Well yesterday my restore function completed and all the files downloaded successfully. That could mean one of several things:
#1 We paid Carbonite monthly and the built in grace period hasn’t expired.
#2 We paid Carbonite yearly and the year for mine isn’t up let.
#3 The “Owners” are keeping the backup active since unless there is an issue they figure they can recoup funds through it and either route tech issues to Carbonite or hire temps to cover the few backup issues
#4 Nobody thought to turn it off.
If you have the backup if would be a pretty good idea to do that download as well, why take a chance.
Oh and if you DO restore to an external hard drive do a virus scan on it, found a couple of virus’ on the download that weren’t present in the system.
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I am not finding any other information about them going ‘belly up’. What is the source of your infirmation?
Try calling any of the toll-free numbers on hiwired.com or any of the affiliates. Then download PC Check & Connect and try connecting to a technician, Finally go into Officemax and/or BJ’s Wholesale Club and try to find the Hiwired powered CTRL-Center/Techcare products.
Everyone was laid off on the Friday before Thanksgiving.
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My initial blog post answers that question but it is a better question than you might think, see the post Dated Dec 5th Titled: “A needed laugh but a good question” for more detail.
You wont find anything about them going belly up online. They don’t want certain investors to find out before the end of the year.