Reply #4: P.S.

[RoyGBiv]

There I go scanning again ... I think I should just go to bed early.

About the online backup process:

Generally the way people who use these thing do it this way:

You backup whatever data you want to the online service, probably using some kind of software they provide.

If your system dies, you go about fixing that first.

Then, you download your data and do whatever you have to do to restore it on your fixed system.

The hypothetical case I provided about backing up everything online was just that, hypothetical. I don't doubt it happens with, say, a large organization that has its own server farm and can do things like this easily, but for a the home user, yes, you're talking about a complicated process that's really going to put a kink in your weekend.

All that said, an off-site backup service for something like your kid's music he's composed is not a bad idea at all. That stuff can't be just re-created, and if you're thinking of long-term security, a home backup system could, for example, get destroyed in a natural disaster.

I'm thinking more along the lines of a full-system backup, and I definitely do no recommend an online service for that.