Back Up and Saving Projects

HI, I have 2 questions and if anyone have answers, that would be great.
1. Since 2 persons I know just had their hard disks crashed, I am trying to back up all of my FCP project. I've heard a lot of negative things about Media Manajor so that's out of the frame. According to other threads, the easiest way to back up projects are just drag and drop or copy to another hard disk. Currently I have 3 hard disks in my computer so I'm thinking that's the best and easiest way to go. However, the problem is I saved FCP projects on multiple hard disks. I have multipul Audio Render Files, Capture Scratch, Render Files, etc. Could I just sort them when I drag and drop? means could I move from one folder to another? If I can't (FCP won't be able to find where files are?) Are there other way to do this?
2. When I have original and back up on separate hard disks, how could I update the back ups? Do I only need to update Project File? Then the work I did on original such as adding background music won't be copied onto the back up hard disk right?
Sorry it's confusing but I'm confused...
Thanks for reading.
Dual G4 867mhz 768mb Mac OS X (10.4.3)

HI, I have 2 questions and if anyone have answers, that would be great.
1. Since 2 persons I know just had their hard disks crashed, I am trying to back up all of my FCP project.
I strongly recommend you only back up what is necessary-- A) the project file and B) any non-tape-based media.
Tape-based media can be easily recaptured so you don't need to worry about that. The most important thing, above all else, is the project file. So save your project file to your iDisk, your USB drive, email yourself a copy (after zipping it).
Currently I have 3 hard dicks in my computer
Congratulations!
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