Paul,
Consider downloading a free trial of BackUp Assist.
You might enjoy the automated feature of daily backups onto an external USB hard drive. It also gives the option of backing up to a FTP webserver, another computer, or any other media type.
You might like it. I use this to back up several scheduled things: my entire server, my Emedware (billing/scheduling program), and my AC folder. These are my mission critical files, so I back these up every single night.
The program is not very expensive, it's around $230. For protecting mission critical data, I think it's well worth the cost.
yours,
