The value is not just in business data. I have almost 6 years of family tree research on my laptop (with copies on a desktop, another laptop, and a USB hard drive). Evan at minimum wage, the data cost much more than the laptop...

The older free versions of xxcopy is more tolerant of across-the-network backups than the newer free versions (fewer nags). The Pro version is $40 for 2 computers. At $20 per computer, this is probably the least expensive *good* software you can get - I've been using it for a number of years on various OS versions (Win 98, NT, XP) and have yet to encounter a problem in the software. The price drops as you buy more ($18/copy for 10 copies, $9/copy for 100 copies).

http://www.xxcopy.com/index.htm

No connection with PixieLab, except as a very happy user of their software.

John