Backing Up My Hard Drive

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I have always wanted to do it, on many levels. It started with just wanting music backed up but really i feel i want the whole drive back up in case of any problems such as my hard drive suddenly breaking. And if their is a software problem i can reformat the old hard drive and simply grab some essentials off the back up (as no doubt a simple restore will just transfer than problem back again).

I was thinking of some external hard drive, but my friend on my computer course suggested a hard drive enclosure and use Norton Ghost for the back up.

So i was thinking something like Maxtor MaxLine III NCQ 250GB 7V250F0 SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-094-MD)
I don't use masses of data so 250GB wouldn't be used. I have a 120gb and that is barely 50% used.

For the enclosure i would use: Icy Box External Enclosure IB-360AStUS SATA + USB Combo - Black/LED (HD-004-BT)

This would allow me a SATA hard drive and also a connection with SATA or USB2.0. I wanted to know really after posting all this information is this a good idea or are there cheaper ways. The money isn't much of a issue but really how well would it work with norton ghost and will it be a good way of back up my hard drive for restoring when needed.

Norton Ghost wasn't on OCUK so didn't want to link because of the rules.
 
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