Disk Imaging...

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Disk Imaging...

Hi,

In windows i use acronis to create an image of my windows installation in external usb disk and when i had problems i boot throgh the acronis rescue cd and will restore the image from external usb hdd.

Is there a way to do this in leopard? or any other programs similar to acronis available for mac. I also would like to image my bootcamp windows installation in addition to leopard installation.

Thank You

Posted on Nov 26, 2007 3:29 AM

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Answer 1

Fortuny

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Nov 26, 2007 6:52 AM in response to rbmanian75

Hi,

imaging your OSX partition can be easiyl done with either Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper
But SuperDuper is not yet fully Leopard compatible.

SuperDuper http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
Carbon Copy Cloner http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

For Bootcamp Windows it depends on what File System you use.
For FAT32, see here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=717201&start=0&tstart=0

For NTFS, you can use WinClone: http://www.twocanoes.com/winclone/

Have Fun

Stefan

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Answer 2

rbmanian75 Author

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Nov 26, 2007 8:00 AM in response to Fortuny

Hi,

Thanks for your answer. Here are some more questions... Using CCC or superdooper needs a firewire external drive right? or can i clone it to usb external disk and restore it from there? As i came to know that i have to boot through the firewire image in the external hdd and restore it from there. (Correct me if i am wrong). Whether usb external hard disk will work this way or Do i need to have the firewire external hdd.

Thank You

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Answer 3

Nov 26, 2007 11:18 AM in response to rbmanian75

...can i clone it to usb external disk and restore it from there?

Yes. Intel-based Macs, like the MacBook, can boot from a USB drive. (Older, PowerPC-based Macs need FireWire hard drives.) However, in real-world test, FireWire 400 always outperforms USB 2.0 hard drives. If you're going to be backing up often, you might want to save some of your time using a FireWire hard drive.

-Doug

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rbmanian75 Author

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Nov 26, 2007 5:09 PM in response to Douglas McLaughlin

Thanks for the answer. Good to know that intel based macs support usb booting. i wont be cloning the drive very often. Only once and will restore when there is severe problem.

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