Digital Home Thoughts: Protecting Your Data With Roxio BackOnTrack

"Roxio(r), a division of Sonic Solutions(r) (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, today launched BackOnTrack(tm) 3, a comprehensive suite of applications that provide consumers a straightforward way to safeguard their irreplaceable personal media and critical documents. BackOnTrack uses a unique three-level protection strategy that includes instant system restoration in the event of a major system crash, disaster recovery in case of a lost or damaged hard drive, and automated data backup to secure important files such as treasured family photos, videos and financial records. BackOnTrack 3 Suite is available today directly from Roxio at www.roxio.com for $49.99...Since 90% of PC issues are software related, BackOnTrack features a unique component called Instant Restore that enables consumers to go from a complete system failure or blue-screen crash to a fully functioning system in minutes. Instant Restore provides real-time protection from system corruption caused by viruses, rogue web sites or accidental user actions."

Since Acronis TrueImage burned me so bad recently, and since I still can't get the Windows Home Server client to connect to my Windows Home Server box, I'm feeling rather vulnerable when it comes to complete drive/OS failure. Roxio's BackOnTrack software looks like a decent solution, although I'll admit that my history with Roxio products makes me wonder if this program is as solid and as stable as it needs to be. Then again, they didn't make it, these guys did.