Why no option to backup catalog on closing Lightroom?

Hi there,
I was wondering why Adobe have not given the option to backup your catalog on closing Lightroom?
The harddrive failed in my computer. I installed a new hardrive etc, reloaded all the Lightroom files that I had dilligently backed up to a external drive (I have my images on both the internal and a backup on an external drive - and save my catalog files to the external drive).
But there is one problem, even though I have the settings to backup everyday on startup, I have lost all of the last days work!
This would not have happened if there was an option to backup on exiting Lightroom. (As most accounting and alot of business software does)
Has anyone else wondered why Adobe has not given this option?
Cheers,
Ross Larsen
P.S. I am using Lightroom 1.3.1

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