Do consider adding other backups to preserve your work. Saving to DVD-R and CD-R and making multiple copies provides even more backup security. Then save those backups in different locations: home, work, bank vault, etc. There is no reason to assume that external hard drive is any more long lasting than your internal drive was. On Tuesday, October 28, 2003, at 01:46 PM, Gloria Vogel wrote: > 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. --- In our overly developed South Florida, the closest some kids come to wildlife is bird poop on a car. Where have all the butterflies gone? <http://www.JackRodgers.com> <http://www.lobatelacscale.com> JackRodgers at earthlink.net