High For those who do not need the convenience of having automatic scheduled backups the best option is to invest in a removable drive like the Iomega zip drive. Zip disks can store between 100-250 MB of information. It is very easy to backup your harddrive when using the software tools that come with the drive. For large capacity backups consider investing in a jaz drive or cd-recorder. In all cases the storage media can be removed from the drive and safely stored at a different location.
Regular backups are necessary.
If you need to backup on a daily or weekly basis you require backup scheduler software. Using the combination of Retrospect and Retrospect Client you can setup a backup server on one of your desktop computers on the network. Also your backups can be automatically scheduled for week night backup maintenance. When you purchase tape drive devices for backup purposes software is usually packaged with it for performing backup routines. Check your local dealers for more information on tape drive packages.