About My iMac Computer & Drive Genius 3?

Oh no, you did great, when I clicked on the screenshot, it got bigger - just perfect!! 🙂

anyway, ok, you have a 1 TB drive, so now do me a favor and highlight the Macintosh HD copy and tell me how bit that is (the size will appear underneath in the same spot where it now says "1 TB". If you only have one partition, then it'll be the same size. I think you do, but just want to make sure, ok.

And, second thing: can you set up to show the content of your Macintosh HD copy in a list view - you can do that if you double click on the icon on your desktop and then choose list or column view (not icon view) in the window you get. I'd like to see what all you got on there. Post a screenshot of that list when you have it.

Last: also tell me how much space whatever you have on there is taking up, ok.

All this is only necessary if you want to use your G drive for a clone backup. Remember: if you do that, all the stuff on there will be deleted, so are you ok with that? Or, you can leave your G drive the way it is and make a bootable clone backup on a new hard drive when you buy it.

Here's the thing: there may be a way to create another partition on your G drive for a clone, but that isn't always successful and....... sometimes it is better to reformat a drive before creating a brand new clone and reformatting means erasing. You might lose whatever files you have on there, so you need to make a decision first:

Putting a bootable clone copy on your G drive (and erase it first) or leave your G drive the way it is and buy another hard drive for a new bootable backup clone.

That's fine! One more decision: you want to have the whole G drive just for your clone? Just so you know, if you pick that, you can't put anything else on there. If you want more than one partition, then you can have your clone on one and something else on the other. If I remember correctly, I have you the instructions for that a couple of years ago - if you want to do that, see if you have them or I will walk you through it again.

If you just want to have the clone on the G drive, here are the instructions:

To make sure everything is doing good, go to Disk Utility first and run Repair Permissions (do you know how to do that? If not, let me know). Also make sure you don't have any apps open. After that:

Have your G drive powered on and plugged in.

Go to Disk Utility and highlight the drive (just like you did in the screenshot).

Then type in a name (HD copy or something like that), make sure it says "Mac OS Extended Journaled" and hit erase.

When it's finished, quit Disk Utility.

Launch SuperDuper.

Pick Macintosh HD on the left (next to Copy) and your new empty G drive (HD Copy) on the right next to 'to'. Under 'using', it should say backup - all files; click on 'copy now'. Walk away and have dinner. When you're done, you can eject the G drive, then unplug it and turn it off.

Do this last part again if you make any major changes to your computer like new apps or other important information. I updaate my clones once a week or so.

Let me know if I explained it well enough, okay.

Okay, no problem!

Post on the weekend if you have a problem, ok.

Don't forget that you need to erase the drive first, so check through my instructions to make sure it includes erasing and to make sure it shows Mac OS Extended (Journaled) as the format.

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Okay, if you have any questions before starting, shout.......... remember to read through my all the instructions including my old ones!

Good luck - You CAN do it!!!!