Data back-up

[rersoap]

Okay, noobie alert here!! I currently have a 320 gig hard drive that I want to back up so that I can go from windows xp to windows 7. I currently have only filled up around 82gigs and have had the drive for around 3 years. I don't know if I should buy a prebuilt unit like a "my passbook" or "my book" or build my own with a hard drive and enclosure? Any tips/suggestions? Thanks!

 

[rive22]

What I would do is instead of buying a new drive to use as a backup, turn the one you have now into a backup by putting it into an external enclosure, then the newer drive you buy which will be faster, use that as your new boot drive.