i bought TurboBackup, a good tool for backing up my data.  When it comes to backup, I want an app that can really do the job reliably.  

I see.  How much?  It backup the data as zip?  iso?

ben, I think it was $40 when i bought it.  There were choices how u want to back up the data into.  "zip" was one option.  I did it by making direct copy.  Yes it use more space, but I don't have to be afraid that the compressed files got corrupted.

But for photos and videos, Picasa handles it for me.

Hmm...sound good.  I can think about it.

ben, I am using Picasa as my photo management tool, and I realized it comes with the backup feature woh, then it makes sense for me to use it to back up my photos.  It also backup the albums and photo edit info (captions, faces, and stuffs) that I have done in Picasa.  

Oh!  I have tons of photos.  But I can't just upload all of them to Picasa for backup.  I copy them to another HD.

I am talking about Picasa app woh, not the picasaweb website woh.    

I only sync the photos I want to share to picasaweb, which can be easily done in Picasa.    

i see i see.  Maybe i should try