Cheap backup server?

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I want to have another PC on my home LAN to use as server to run the
External 250 GB HD backup I used to backup 4 PCs running XP.
I have 4 PCs on my LAN and when they backup over LAN it bogs down the PC I
use, this is the same PC that interfaces (USB 2.0) to the External HD.

What is the cheapest way to get a server (or is there a simple device that
will act like a server) to interface from the ethernet (100 baseT) LAN to my
External USB HD backup?

I have a spare old laptop that would work, but I need USB 2.0 for the HD and
it doesnt have that.

Any thoughts or tips or suggestions are appreciated!

Thanks!
 
thanks. when reading the reviews on the Linksys it doesnt do well.
Problems stated were:
locks up frequently
wont power itself up power loss.
Uses proprietary disk format.
Have to lose any data on disk to format.
also then cant just hook disk up to PC anymore to get data off it cus of
different format.
wont format over a 80g HD.
Major problem then also is cant save images of disk for backup for complete
disk restore.
Seems about 50% were thumbs down....CNET etc.

Doesnt sound like its ready for prime time . What do you think?
 
I don't know :) tomshardware formated a 160g drive and the review there and
on newegg were positive. I don't think you can mirror the drive but the
article claims it does full backups... anyway, at $80 it's inexpensive :)
 
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