I've used Acronis True Image and Novabackup with good results.

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing...cts/trueimage/

http://www.novastor.com/pcbackup/backup/n_backup.html

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Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca


"Lisa Hetherington" <gerry.lisa@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:uERCfD0EIHA.1056@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>I have an external HD plugged into my XP desktop but Vista won`t backup to
>the external HD plugged into an XP machine....I don`t want to be switching
>the external HD between laptop desktop all the time...so I`m going to use
>DVD`s on laptop...but want good backup software for it.
>
> ...Lisa
>
> ...Lisa XP Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:
>> Consider investing in a good external drive.
>>
>> Example: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148233
>>