[Pc_Support] Backup software suggestions (Windows, Cygwin or Linux)

[Damien McKenna]

Now that my DLT woes are nearly over, does anyone have a recommendation on what
software to use for doing backups on a Windows XP Home machine?  I'm intending
splitting up the backup schedule in two - one for regular data and one for
pictures we take with our digital camera (I'm going to start keeping the
original tapes of all footage from our miniDV camcorder so that isn't an issue
right now).

Programs I'm looking at include NTBackup, Genie Backup 6 Home and Backup MyPC. 
NTBackup lacks a lot of features in comparison to the other two but is free. 
One concern I have is that they use a standard backup format, right now I'm not
sure what format any of them use, but I'd ideally like to be able to access the
data from other tools if possible (e.g. boot up Ubuntu and do some queries on
it).  Because I use FAT32 I *could* use a Linux tool, maybe spin myself a
custom liveCD or something (or simply take the few seconds to install e.g.
Ubuntu), so that is an option.  Also, I've got cygwin installed, which opens up
yet more options.

So any suggestions?  Thanks.

-- 
Damien McKenna, Husband, Father, Geek
http://www.mc-kenna.com/ - damien at mc-kenna.com

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