[youturn]

IMHO a WD My Book is the best solution. The data stays on your side of the firewall and recovers very quickly. Backups are real-time not scheduled so your data is always safe. I love mine.

I saw these the other day and wondered about them. If you do crash and cannot recover and buy a new computer, do you just plug in the WD My Book USB and recover to the new computer? I guess I'm asking that of any backup/recovery devices.

Right now I save everything important to a flash drive. Granted, I don't have much to save.

[TSgt]

The WD My Book is a NAS device or network attached storage. It’s always plugged in and available via the network. Once you reload your computer, basic Windows XP image, you can then restore from the My Book. I don’t believe My Book supports bare metal restores.