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i need help with super duper

so yesterday i got my 500 gb hard drive... i put all of my music stuff onto my external hard drive, then i went to run super duper on my current 250 gb hard drive... i had a few problems with it and now i'm kinda lost... so i forgo super duper and try to install mac os x on my new 500 gb hard drive... sucess... and i got all my music transferred...but now all i want to do is transfer all my settings etc to my current 500 gb hard drive so i can navigate around like i did on my 250 gb hard drive... anyway i can do this thru super duper... i got all my music on my external, and now it's on my 500 gb hard drive too, i like to have my music on a backup... i'd appreciate the help... thanks

Mac OS X, Mac OS X (10.5.8), 2.4 GHz 2 GB

Posted on Feb 28, 2011 8:38 AM

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djgrits7 Author

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Feb 28, 2011 2:44 PM in response to Glenn Leblanc

now i remember why this is so hard... so on my lunch break i came back and tried to boot up my 250 gb hard drive to only realize my startup disk is full...so therefore i can't get to my hard drive to transfer anything...

i went under disk utility with the mac os install cd and thought about erasing the hd disk but then i have nothing to use in super duper... what are my options???

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Feb 28, 2011 2:51 PM in response to djgrits7

ok guys, i know what it is, i've been storing tons of information in my trash bin temporarily, how do i get to my trash bin now to delete those files when it won't even let me get past the blue screen or the dialogue box that shows startup disk is full...

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Feb 28, 2011 2:52 PM in response to djgrits7

Remove the 250g drive from the computer, put the 500g in it's place, if you can boot from the (now) external 250g do so and use super duper to copy it back to the (now) internal 500g. If you can't boot from the 250g at all then insert your original disc or a retail Snow Leopard disk and install OSX, then install superduper on the internal and use it to bring the files from the external back.

Feb 28, 2011 2:55 PM in response to djgrits7

First off, can you boot from your 250gig drive even though it's full?
Second, is your music on your main drive and the external is just a backup, or do you need a copy on the external?
Third, the when you tried to make a copy that failed (did not finish), is that stored on your main drive?

Let's get on the same page so I can help you better.

Sorry: I missed the part where you can't get past the blue screen.

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Feb 28, 2011 3:07 PM in response to Glenn Leblanc

the music still shld be on my 250 gb hard drive cuz all i did was move it from there to my external 350 gb hard drive...and as far as i know it just keeps a copy on your internal when u move it to ur external...

however, i can't even get past the blue screen now, it shows me the startup disk is full... where do i go from here then?

Feb 28, 2011 3:13 PM in response to djgrits7

I think when you tried to copy the first time, you were copying to the same drive which was almost full. That's probably why it failed. When you boot from the CD, you could go to disk utility and try to mount the original drive. If you can get it to mount, you may be able open it up to clear some space on the original drive that way.
Find the image on that drive that you tried to copy the first time and delete it. Also, try to clear some other files that may be useless. I don't know if you can get to the trash to empty it or not. If you can clear enough, you may be able to start back up from it.

Use disk utility to verify the disk before trying to start back from it again.

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Feb 28, 2011 3:31 PM in response to Glenn Leblanc

ok that makes sense but what if i can't get it to mount...i can get to the disk utility with my 250 gb hard drive but the only option i've seen so far is like first aid, repair, erase, partition, etc... where do u go to mount under disk utility? thanks a bunch!

Feb 28, 2011 3:39 PM in response to djgrits7

I don't understand how you can get to disk utility on that drive if you can't startup from it. How did you boot up?

If your in the startup CD, open disk utility. If the drive shows up, it will be in the sidebar. If it's not mounted, it will be in a light color. Select it and click on the button that says mount. Then it should mount up and be selectable. If it's already mounted, just double click on it to open it up in a finder window.

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Feb 28, 2011 3:41 PM in response to Glenn Leblanc

ok thanks...

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Feb 28, 2011 3:42 PM in response to djgrits7

i can get to disk utility and i can see the hard drive, my 250 internal one every time there, and my external too, however this is all taking place under the mac os install, i can't get to my desktop where trash bin, and all those other things are at... atleast i don't know how to...

Feb 28, 2011 3:47 PM in response to djgrits7

OK. Double click on the 250 gig hard drive. You should see all of your files there. Where did you copy that disk image to? If you can navigate to it, find it and delete it. That should clear up some space.

Also, while your there, select the hard drive in the column and verify that the disk is OK.

Feb 28, 2011 4:12 PM in response to djgrits7

djgrits7

Here's another solution.
Since you have disk utility opened up, let's do this:

In the disk utility window, select and highlight your 250 gig drive.
Then hit the new image tab in the menu bar of disk utility. A window will open. Give it a name and select the 350gig hard drive as the location.
That will create the disk image of your 250 gig drive to your external drive. It will not erase your music from it.

Verify that the image is created and stored there.
From that point, you can replace your hard drive with the new.
After the drive is replaced, start up from the CD again and open disk utility again. Name the new drive and make sure the format is correct.
Then click the restore tab, click on the image button to the right of the source and select the disk image of the old drive from the external.Then drag the new drive to the destination field to populate it. Then click the restore button at the bottom of the window.
Once complete, select the new drive with disk utility and repair permissions. Also, verify the new drive is OK.
After all is complete, go the system preferences and select the new drive as the startup.
All your info will be on the new drive and since it won't be full, you should be able to select it and startup from it.

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Feb 28, 2011 7:33 PM in response to Glenn Leblanc

man thank so much for your help but unfortunately i tried the erase button as i was talking to another tech buddy of mine, cuz we tried about everything we culd...oh well, start over again i guess... thanks so much for your time and patience... it seems like everytime i do this i lose music, or information, or something goes wrong...probly just not smart enuff for stuff like this...it's frustrating but oh well, life moves on...

Feb 28, 2011 7:46 PM in response to djgrits7

OK. So what did you erase on which drive and what do you have left? It can't be all lost. Explain the steps you did.

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Mar 1, 2011 7:11 AM in response to Glenn Leblanc

i erased my 250 gb hard drive, seeing that maybe i could clear up a little bit of space on the startup disk... when i did that, now i just get a question mark under the apple logo when i boot that drive up....

so i just put that one away and loaded up my 500 gb hard drive, running all my programs, and i was downloading itunes updates when i realized it was taking forever... i couldn't get out of it at all, so i finally had to just hold down the power button to get out of it... now, whenever i start up my laptop, it just freezes at the apple logo... is this a hard drive failure??

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