I''ll be making the transition to a boot SSD soon and started to think about revamping my backup solution. Since I'm on a budget I can't afford a NAS and stick to a couple external HDDs. Up until now I've taken the lazy way out and used the backup program built into W7 which (AFAIK) saves disk images, but my HDDs seem to be filling up fast and there isn't a simple way to see individual files that are backed up.
Besides not having a bootable disk image and having to re-install all the programs in the event of a disk failure, are there any disadvantages to mirroring the Users folder on an external HDD?
Which backup strategies do you prefer, and why?