Hi, If you read my previous post , one will understand I am not discussing hardware but software. Maxtor has an 80-gig One touch external u s b hard drive for exact back up purposes or for installing everything onto a new hard drive--if the old hard drive fails. Has any one used their Retrospect Express software with JAWS? The unit costs $180 and larger sizes are available. Their technical people will help people do scripts for either 1 making an exact copy or image or 2 making a different back up method--which can install "all data and programs " back onto a new hard drive without having to reinstall programs. Assuming--as they say--that everything can be done via keyboarding I would becurious if any one has tried this. hardware but more importantly the software with a ruined hard drive. Contact Numbers: pre sales tech support for Maxtor 1800 2 M A X T O R Sales 877 692 3562 -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx