Backing up critical data:

For over 10 years I have used an odd home-grown method.

I get a new computer every few years. It always has a way bigger disk system than the old one. I use GHOST to obtain a backup of the old computer ( I also do this every few weeks, backing up to three different external drives). The entire content of the old computer's GHOST backup goes into a folder called something like "oldcomputer".

After I get the new computer tweaked and happy, I go into the old computer ghost file and extract and copy relevant portions to the new computer's file system. Eventually the "oldcomputer" GHOST image is fully transferred to the new computer and I then delete it.

I keep one of my external backup drives at work, one in my car, and one at home in a fireproof safe.

I also use Mozy for on-line backup.

I have pretty much every file I've ever created since ~ 1992, in five different places.

Steve