This is ameliorated by commodity nature of os software: Backup to your pc, or to a provider like mozy, or to a friend's node as the other response mentions. Enc

This is ameliorated by commodity nature of os software: Backup to your pc, or to a provider like mozy, or to a friend's node as the other response mentions. Encrypt your backups while you're at it. This system gives you the availability of saas combined with the "this is my f%^king data" feeling you get when you carry everything around a thumbdrive.