Backing up drives to drives..

I don't really want a raid config, so I'm wondering is there a way to backup an entire drive to another drive? boot sector and all.. so if worse comes to worse.. all I have to do is unplug a dead one.

This (http://www.majorgeeks.com/Karens_Replicator_d3917.html) looks like what I need.. Any other suggestions?

 

I haven't used the program you mentioned but if you need to back up the drive you're running Windows on, I don't think it will work. You need to boot to the imaging program to get a full mirror from one drive to another. Take a look at these free programs:
CloneMaxx http://www.pcinspector.de/Sites/clone_maxx/download.htm?language=1# (I've used it; works great; click the green 'Accept' button to download)
Digital Dolly http://www.majorgeeks.com/Digital_Dolly_d5183.html
EaseUs Disk Copy http://www.majorgeeks.com/EaseUs_Disk_Copy_d4845.html (I think this only creates a boot floppy; you can make an ISO from the floppy image and burn a boot CD that way if needed; I used this program a while back; works great)
HD Clone Free http://www.majorgeeks.com/HDClone_Free_Edition_d3809.html (works great for copying smaller drives to larger ones in an upgrade situation; does not copy if the source is larger than the destination; I don't know if it works with both drives being the same size)
... and plenty more can be found in the Major Geeks BackUp section, and some are in the Drive Utilities section too. Additionally, the hard manufacturer usually has utilities for cloning and imaging drives available as free downloads on their web sites....
:-D
Good luck!
[dlb]