"StarvinMarvin" <StarvinMarvin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> Double-check whether a software CD came with your external hard drive. It
> may
> contain a backup program. Recently I bought an inexpensive Maxtor internal
> hard drive, and the CD with it contained a version of Acronis True Image
> backup utility software along with Maxtor's "MaxBlast" software. Works
> great!

Consider yourself lucky :)