text: You can backup your entire drive to the external drive using True Image backup software. It can backup almost everything absolutely everywhere. Note that for best safety you need to have at least 2 images of your system, so I'd recommend you to backup it not only to the external drive but also on the CDs/DVDs. \nLatest version of ATI:\nhttp://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/\nFree version of ATI:\nhttp://www.acronis.com/mag/vnu-ati7