OK, seems like the best way forward. Just a few quick questions for someone who will be doing this for the first time...:

- how long with the dump take compared to a CP backup?

- where will the dump be saved?

- will all the tables be saved separately?

- how will I know if the dump has been successful and hasn't given me a partial backup?

- will the WinSCP3 program allow me to use the command line prompt, or am I going to have to use a different program?

***If so, which one is the simplest? Or maybe I can run the command from the WHM?