Ladybow,

I use an external hard drive myself. It is bigger than what I have on the computer itself so I also back up the whole hard drive on it regularly with Acronis. That way I can easily restore my computer anytime if the whole thing would crash.

But you can pick up a jump drive for only a few dollars and plug it into your USB when you want to back up your data as you would use a floppy (remember those) or cd. Very easy to use and I know larger organizations that do that daily, then carry them home in their pocket in case of fire or whatever.

Good Success!

James