Are you in the midst of a data loss emergency somewhere out there in Nevada? Are you thinking of going it alone, trying some DIY or sketchy software solution? Do you really want to do that and risk losing all that data forever? You're pretty good with the computer, but are you that good? If it goes wrong, how will you explain the loss of all your son's baby photos to your wife? How will you explain the loss of all your tax records to the IRS? Why would you want to go through all of that on top of losing the data itself?