I'm looking
for back-up software for a desktop
running XP Home. The backup destination
will be a second internal hard drive.
Any suggestions?
Backup really needs to be to an
EXTERNAL drive. A power glitch could
wipe out an internal drive.
For the best backup, I recommend
getting an external hard drive (I
like Maxtor) and then buy a copy
of Acronis 8.0, which allows you
to create a total image backup of
your hard drive. In the event your
internal hard drive fails, you just
put the Acronis bootable CD in the
slot and restore your internal drive
exactly the way it was. Acronis
is very user-friendly. I would do
this in addition to backing up to
a second internal drive. My rule
for backing up hard drives/data
is that your backed up drive should
be wherever your computer isn't.
For example, my Maxtor external
drive stays in my car.
