So, your home PC dies ( disk fails, blows up etc). You haven't  got a backup ( or if you have its only of a few things, and  not very up to date). This would be the exact moment when you could say "never mind, I have a complete, up to date image of that PC on my windows home server, I can just get another machine and recover everything back". If you have not got Windows Home Server then you might be feeling slightly more upset.

And that's a really good reason, why having Windows Home Server is a very good idea.

 

Link to Windows Home Server

Over the next few weeks I will be getting my home server up and operational. I'll report back on the progress I make.