Oooops! Sent before rereading what I typed. What I meant to say was that a new file at the root level of your hard drive (not desk top) will not be seen. I have no idea what happens to files placed on your desk top. -Bob >A much larger problem for me is that the top-level files for the >back up are determined when you first create the back up set. CCC >will recursively find new files and folders below the root level, >but if you throw a new file or folder on the desktop, CCC doesn't >see it and so it isn't backed up. This is the main reason I don't >find it acceptable as an automated back up tool. --