Tbray on backup
Tim Bray may be one of the smartest people I read.
His take on backups and their philosophy is on his blog ongoing.
It is well worth your time. My personal preferences run to external drives. My fave is a seagate 100gig usb drive in a 2.5 in form factor. It has saved my life through a period when i was a
OFFICIAL LAPTOP DESTROYERUsing a screwdriver I managed to void my warranty and save my ass. If you are reasonabel you can remove the hard drive from dead lappie and attach to new lappie. Wonder of wonders!!!
Read Tims take it has some great stuff