Guys, need advice on a decent software to do a complete backup of my XP box. I opened MS Backup which only seems to allow backing to floppies (??!!) despite having a "backup whole computer" option. My God, I'd need a truckload to back up my Twin-80 Raid setup. What I need is a package (freeware or cheap shareware/commercial) that will allow complete (registry and all) backing to CD-RW or DVD±RW (preferably the latter). I thought of Norton Ghost but only allows cloning harddrives right?

Back up to a file with MS Backup, and then burn the file to a CD. You may have to make a couple of different backups to do this, if they are large. This has the additional advantage of burning from your hard drive directly, and you won't get errors. I do this all the time, although I use Backup Plus, which permits back up to CD.

Jeez...you must take you guys an awfully long time and you must need an awful lot of CD's. I use a USB 2 hard drive, something like the Maxtor One-Touch setup. Nothing like a one-shot deal.

Kevin: I suppose one could find it on sale, but not all of us can afford the $899 (250MB) list price. 8-) Solarian

Where did you get that price? I just bought the 120GB model for a client and it was $179 (www.newegg.com). As for me, I just use an old 30GB drive and I bought a USB 2 hard drive enclosure for about $75 (you can get them cheaper).

Kevin: You're right. I was looking at one the other day--turns out it was asia.CNET. LINK Love those U.S.A prices. 8-) Solarian

I'm using XP's ASR (automated system restore) and saving the backup file (3.7 GBs) to a secondary internal hard drive, Richard