Seagate Replica USB Drive - Time Machine-wannabe for PC

No matter how great a backup solution is, hardly anyone will use it (regularly) unless it's extremely easy to use even if it can his or her life. Nearly every external drive whether it is a portable or desktop unit ships with sophisticated backup software, yet it is not often put to good use especially for those of us who are just plain lazy. People want a "set it and forget it (until disaster strikes)" backup solution. This is where Seagate Replica may come in handy.

Available in 250GB single-user version for $130 and 500GB multi-PC for $200, the USB-powered Replica is built around Rebit 500 backup drive. Upon installation on any 32- and 64-bit XP or Vista machines, the aptly-named Replica will likely take a couple of hours to backup all partitions, including everything from OS to applications and user data. It comes with a system recovery disc that will bring your PC back to its previous healthy state when Vista dies on you. The Seagate Replica will also continuously backup all file changes as long as you keep it connected. So retrieving deleted data from several days ago should be only be a few clicks away. However, beware it only works with NTFS.