Doug wrote:

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>2.	I don't know the size of the disk to know the size of the backup
>	media required.  However, CD/DVD burners are less than the cost
>	of a hard drive and the media is relatively cheap.

I personally don't recommend backups to CD/DVD.
They degenerate rather "quickly" depending on their quality and 
the storage humidity.
Unlike a USB/Firewire harddisk inside your fire-, water-, emp-proof
safe/vault. ;-)
But make shure to set some kind of reminder to update your backup.

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>Doug.

Marius.