Thanks, David. For some reason when I try to make a back-up of the HD, the computer fails. It tells me that it cannot make a system back-up. I have made an image of the drive and a boot disc of the laptop...but I cannot back it up on-going, which is frustrating.

I was on the drobo website and they are recommending the following programs:
* Acronis TrueImage
* Microsoft’s SyncToy
* EMC Retrospect
* Allway Sync
* Memeo AutoBackup
* NTI Backup Now

Does anyone have any experience with any of these?

James