Okay, a complete description of the backup and restore procedures are now here.

Sigh... I realize that, coming from my position if invincible ignorance, something that seems to me like it would be simple is probably not. But...

Can't we ever have something either in emplode or as a standalone program, where I can connect my USB cable to my empeg, click on an icon on my PC, and end up with an exact, perfect mirror image of the data that was on my empeg? An image such that I could completely erase my empeg (diskbuilder?) and then click a second icon on my PC to restore, and have my empeg be in exactly the state it was when I started?

And yes, USB would be my choice. I don't care if it's slow -- I would run it overnight. Have it work from USB and Ethernet and even serial. Just make it a simple one-click idiot-proof operation.

Somebody who could write such a program could sell a lot of them at $20 apiece!

Anybody?

tanstaafl.