I have seen the advertisement for online computer backup systems
for a fee. It occurred to me why couldn't I do a backup on my entire
computer to an external hard drive. Is there software available that
would enable me to back up my computer created to a folder that I
put on my enternal hard driver? How does a program like carbonite
restore a computer to its condition before a failure occurred.
Is the operating system and all installed programs and files re-installed.
Is there a program that I could use to do the same thing that carbonite
does from an external hard drive to the computer?

Jerry