You might also look into reconditioned JAZ drives--Iomega has an overstock page on their site, and I'm seeing the 1 Gig drives themselves at CompUSA for less than 100 dollars (usually for SCSI). I usually store my stuff on Zips until I'm ready to burn CDs--that usually saves on the clutter, and I'm only saving the stuff I can't reinstall from original software disks. Its a lot easier to find backup material if its categorized by content, rather than as a straight backup.