I'm not recomending anything. You making backups onto a USB drive makes sense to me. Really, backing up to any media not on the compoter you are backing up is good. My point was just that the two programs being disuseed are not true back up programs. I'm not sure bout restoring in next to no time... but you have the right idea. Dave ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 20:59:14 +1300 From: "DH (Rick) Holmes" <hayvan2@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Backup programs?? was Re: Living on the pension David....what are you recommending? Would a cloning program be of more use? I back up all of my data and all of my software installation files to a 40gB USB pocket drive. If I used CloneCD (not sure if this name is correct), I could reformat my main drive and restore it in next to no time - is this is correct? This idea seems like the best option....if it works!! Opinions sought...TIA Rick H -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/