err, yeah, "when" would be the more appropriate word. I needed to be pulled out of that fantasy that it would last forever

Yeah... but cheaper and faster is backing up to another hard drive.

I use Drive Image to make a bootable mirror copy of my C: drive onto my D: drive whenever I have enough changes to the C: drive that I start to feel vulnerable.

It's extremely unlikely that both drives would fail at the same time (I'm even somewhat protected from power spikes, etc, running through a UPS) so I feel pretty secure.

In the event of a total catastrophe (I come home to a pile of burning rubble where my house and computer used to be) I still have my music stored on my empeg.

tanstaafl.