There are also online backup situations that work very well. Companies like Mozy and Carbonite, etc. can be well worth the yearly fee for automated backup and restoration.

Recently had to tell a client that his laptop drive had died. No chance.

Hit the local vendors, picked up a Win7 laptop at a bargain price, installed Carbonite on it and using his password was able to not only restore all of his files and data, but was pleasantly surprised that it also installed many of his PROGRAMS from the old computer as well, ready to run and registered, did not know they could do that.


--Mac