Ouch! That's damned scary. I've actually backed up individual files before, I just never tried doing the whole drive. Maybe an external HD would be the way to go. Thanks for the cautionary tale. Hope you never have another occasion to tell one. Rebecca On Tuesday, October 28, 2003, at 10:46 AM, Gloria Vogel wrote: > Can't help you with what happened, but I can tell you that I recently > bought a reconditioned 120 GB external hard-drive to use with both my > G4 desktop and my iBook using Retrospect Express and I am very pleased > with it. I do a lot of work with graphics and therefore have big > files. Having lost, irretrievably, years of work this summer when my > previous G4's hard-drive went kaput, I swore I would never let this > happen again, thus the purchase of the external hard-drive.