About 14 months back I built a server for the household. I had fun spec’ing the parts and building it. I wish I could paid real money doing that. The OS for the server was (still is) Microsoft Windows Home Server. One of the big selling points of the OS is the ability to back up all the PCs on the network. So, for the past 14 months backups have been made. One hard drive on hte server died in November and has been replaced. It was under warranty. The server and OS cost about $800 or so.
Debily’s laptop caught a malware virus earlier this week and properly ground to a halt. I installed the WHS boot CD, and in about an hour completely restored her computer from the backups. Is that worth $800? Probably not. Is it worth it the next time? You betcha! Restore was so easy and painless.  have not had a hard drive fail in any PC yet, but I know the fix for it is very easy. I do know that ole RC has had to restore four separate PCs from his. Thanks WHS. You worked like a champ.
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