Yeah I also backup on HD and have a trio of drives for the purpose external USB devices.. Norton goback and windows own restore have proved reliable.. I agree with Radlafx, though I am not sure of the actual lengths of time that files are safe on either CD or DVD as compared to the pure use of a backup HD.. On that point I have found IDE drives to be better in that regard than Seriel ones, which have always been the ones responsible for my serious data loss..

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