Hard drive backup

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RScottRapp Author

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Hard drive backup

What is the recommended way to backup a hard drive to an external hard drive?

-thanks

MacPro, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Jan 29, 2009 1:32 PM

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Answer 1

Niel

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Jan 29, 2009 1:54 PM in response to RScottRapp

Use the Disk Utility in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder or a program such as SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner to duplicate that drive to another drive or partition.

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Answer 2

RScottRapp Author

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Jan 30, 2009 10:53 AM in response to Niel

Thanks for your suggestions. Maybe I am missing something but I can't figure out how to use the disk utility to perform backups. Any advice?

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Answer 3

Ricktoronto

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Jan 30, 2009 11:31 AM in response to RScottRapp

Simple answer: Don't use it.

Use the free Carbon Copy Cloner. After the first clone use the incremental setting and delete anything on the destination not on the source setting and it will take only minutes after the first time.

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Answer 4

RScottRapp Author

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Jan 30, 2009 2:13 PM in response to Ricktoronto

Got it thanks.

-S

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Answer 5

The hatter

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Jan 30, 2009 2:39 PM in response to RScottRapp

Disk Utility => Restore is handy for mounting and copying full volumes between drives, for restoring from a sparse disk image, when you don't have an alternate boot drive for CCC and SuperDuper.

CCC/SD do smart copy updates, DU Restore just copies new files.

They all have their uses and place and worth learning.

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