<p>I saw a 1 TB hd for $99!</p>
<p>Weekly, I back up my data files. I export my email, backup my bookmarks and firefox folder where it keeps preferences, etc.<br>
For any software I have downloaded, I save the .exe file and back that up.</p>
<p>I keep my HD in a fireproof safe with other important papers (which have also been scanned and backed up).</p>
<p>I am ANAL about this. As a former computer programmer, I remember when we had to back up to huge tapes or multi-disk platters. We used to tell our customers to ALWAYS keep an offsite backup. You only have to know one company that didn’t do this and see the havoc it wreaked to know why backing up your data is important.</p>