I've put together a suite of free commandline programs and scripts that allow a XP user to via Rsync to copy any part of their C: drive including open files. In effect allow them to backup all their C: drive. It uses cwrsync for windows. Vshadow and dosdev, free programs from Microsoft, to create shadow drives. (Volume Shadow Copy Service SDK 7.2) With a different version of vshadow, it will work on Windows 2003 Server. I've put it up at my site http://www.quantumsoft.co.uk/files/pc/save_profiles.zip (1MB) I'm just a IT guy who uses this to do user profile backups. But I felt it had it's uses for a wider audience perhaps. -- Stuart Halliday This email is the property of ECS Technology Ltd. This company is registered in Scotland with company number 212513. VAT registered GB 761 7456 12 http://www.ecs-tech.com/