why am i not living in whistler again..?

harddisks aren't the most reliable things in the world...

here is a pretty good story on running easy home backups with freeware. it's ofcourse not the most professional way of doing it.. but it does get the job done and once it's setup you don't have to think about it..

http://www.lifehacker.com/software/geek-to-live/geek-to-live-automatically-back-up-your-hard-drive-147855.php

also contains some useful comments..