new computer built

[shankle]

I don't see how that will solve the problem if my HD fails.
Thanks Dave.

[dedndave]

quite right - it won't
however, you will be buying a new hard drive
so, partition it - and copy the image files to the smaller partition (from CDs or another drive), then recover
i have this covered, because i have several drives - with several copies of the images

the more likely scenerio is that your hard drive gets a nasty virus
then, you can recover to a fresh image and no more virus

if the drive fails, nothing will fix it - lol
well - short of sending it out to have someone recover the data