I use an Open Source package called Bacula (http://www.bacula.org/).  If
you've got a *nix machine available, I think it's a great application,
with many of the features only found in a commercial backup program.  It
can back up to tape or to a file.  You can do full, differential, and
incremental backups.

The main system runs on the *nix host, and there are client programs for
each of the boxes you'd like to back up.  There's a Windows client that
runs as a service.  It just sits there until it's told to start
collecting changed files.

The install and config is a bit kludgy(sp?) right now, but it's not as
bad as other installations I've seen.  There isn't any GUI, but the team
is working on UIs for the restore process.

I've been running it for about six months now with great results.  It
backs up my main PC, my work laptop through a Samba-mounted drive, and
both my kids machines.  I even had to do a restore or two to get back a
file from several days earlier.

If you look at it, let me know if you need help installing.

Just my $0.02

Good luck,

-Frank

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>
> Well I do something similar. The last three backups are stored on a
> hard drive in another machine.
>
> The last backup is burned to DVD-RW.
>
> The current backup is written to DVD-RAM.
>
> Every once in a while I burn a backup to DVD-R and take it offsite.
>
> It's not 100% coverage, but it has served me well so far! I've
> survived two HD crashes using this method. TTYL
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