Cloning Disk Image Backups of Mac OS 8 and 9
Hello Everyone!
I've finally figured I'd ask the more experienced among the Apple community to see if anyone could help me with my predicament. So I've received a few Macintosh systems from my old neighbor before moving and he requested whichever ones still work to copy the data and send it back to him. Among a Macintosh llci with a busted PSU and a Mini-tower Beige G3 with no HDDs, I have an original Bondi Blue G3 iMac and a Power Macintosh 8500/180 that work fine... for now. I would like to make disk images of both the iMac G3 and the Power Mac and save them to a USB stick as soon as possible as I don't have any SCSI peripherals to connect to the Power Mac and the HDD on the G3 sounds like nails on a chalkboard, so I don't count on it lasting much longer.
My plan is to create a disk image clone of the Power Mac, send it over to the iMac G3 via Ethernet over file sharing, make a disk image of the G3, and save both disk images to a USB stick. I would like to retain the OS and all the programs, files, etc. as much as possible. The iMac G3 is running OS 9.2 and the Power Mac is running OS 8.1.
First step: Create a Disk Image.
How do I make a disk image of the drive? Disk copy seems to be the only thing similar to disk utility. Is there some 3rd party software I can use to clone the drive to make a disk image anyone would recommend?
Second step: Establish File Sharing.
I image there shouldn't be much trouble in sharing files, but since I am sending files from two different versions of OS, I wouldn't mind some guidance on how to setup a shared folder.
Final step: Saving Images to a USB and Successfully Reinstalling Them at a Later Date.
After just dragging and dropping the images into a USB stick, what steps will I need to take to reinstall the disk image once I source a new hard drive? Will I need any software or should it be as easy as dragging and dropping?
I know this is a very loaded post, but any advice would be really appreciated. This stuff is older than I am and I wouldn't mind getting some experience with older software / hardware just to have it under my belt. Hope to hear responses soon! Thanks again!
null-OTHER, Mac OS 8.6 or Earlier, Mac OS 9.2 & 8.1 Disk Imaging