Okay, I finally broke down and bought a Simple Tech 160 GB external drive. Until now, I've done all backups on CD's, but now I have the room to backup my iBook, my TiBook and my iMac all on the same drive. But, how to do it as they all run different systems. HELP! Pat "One nice thing about getting older, you don't have to have so many clothes for it." -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 440 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/ibook/attachments/20061114/44bc6e95/attachment-0001.bin