Hi all: From time to time, questions / issues regarding backups appear on this list. There are recent products offerings (JunpDrive by Lexar, Cruzer by SanDisk, etc.) that may offer a more flexible solution to backups. I just purchased one of the SanDisk 256 Mbyte products for $45 (after rebate). When the unit is plugged into a USB port (W98, W2K, WXP) it appears as a removable disk (just like a ZIP drive). No drivers or software need be loaded. You just start copying files to it as if it were a big, fast, and quiet floppy. No power supply to consider as the unit is powered through the USB port. When you want to remove it from your system, you click on the appropriate icon in the Microsoft 'systray' and stop the hardware. Then you just pull the device out (about the size of a small lighter) and put it in your pocket. The SanDisk (I can't speak for other products) has a switch so that it can be write locked. The idea here is the unit can be used to accumulate enough data (e.g. - incremental backups of your genealogy database file) so it makes burning a CD worthwhile. While CD blanks are inexpensive these days (OTOO - $0.33 each), I balk at burning a CD (capacity of 650 Mbyte) to hold only 10 Mbyte of data. Perhaps it's the hint of Scot in my ancestry. ;-) No intent to endorse SanDisk, Lexar, or any of the other vendors of these handy devices. Best regards H.A. Kippenhan, Jr. _________________________________________________________________ Get McAfee virus scanning and cleaning of incoming attachments. Get Hotmail Extra Storage! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es