Is there a way that I can create a folder on my hard drive,
where I can restore my Mac, but not touch anything in that
folder. I have about 19 GB of MP3s from all my CDs and
whatnot, and I really don't want to burn that many CDs to
save them all. I have a XP computer that is on the same
network, but moving things from here to there/ there to here
is a very slow process. What can I do?

Best solution would be to buy an external drive, preferable
firewire capable. Then use a program like SuperDuper! to
create a back up of the entire drive. Then if you have a
catastrophic problem you simple image the external back to
the machine.

I have an external that has several partitions for this
purpose. 3 of the partitions are used to hold back ups of
each of our 3 Macs, and the 4th partition is used for storing
misc stuff.

Thanks, I'll get an external today.