From janesprando at comcast.net Thu Mar 2 18:57:48 2006 From: janesprando at comcast.net (Jane Sprando) Date: Thu Mar 2 18:57:57 2006 Subject: [HM] Reformat hard drive Message-ID: Here is my set up: G4 iMac that boots into 9 and 10; running 10.2.8; partitioned into 2 hard drives; external Firewire drive I want to reformat the iMac's hard drive so that I only have one drive. Can I just drag everything over to the Firewire drive, reformat, then drag everything back to the iMac? If this won't work, what would you suggest? Jane From brian4 at sbcglobal.net Thu Mar 2 19:22:44 2006 From: brian4 at sbcglobal.net (Brian Olesky) Date: Thu Mar 2 19:22:58 2006 Subject: [HM] Reformat hard drive In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Do you have software that will let you "clone" your hard drive onto the external drive? Software like SuperDuper, DataBackup, etc.? If so, then you can simply copy it over to the external drive, wipe the internal drive clean, then "clone" it back. But I believe you can't do it with a simple drag and drop. OSX doesn't work that way. Brian On 3/2/06 6:57 PM, "Jane Sprando" wrote: > Here is my set up: G4 iMac that boots into 9 and 10; running 10.2.8; > partitioned into 2 hard drives; external Firewire drive > > I want to reformat the iMac's hard drive so that I only have one drive. Can > I just drag everything over to the Firewire drive, reformat, then drag > everything back to the iMac? > > If this won't work, what would you suggest? > > Jane > > > _______________________________________________ > HomeMac mailing list > HomeMac@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/homemac > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 From janesprando at comcast.net Thu Mar 2 22:12:48 2006 From: janesprando at comcast.net (Jane Sprando) Date: Thu Mar 2 22:13:27 2006 Subject: [HM] Reformat hard drive In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Brian, I have Retrospect Back Up, but I don't think it will clone the hard drive. Jane on 3/2/06 7:22 PM, Brian Olesky at brian4@sbcglobal.net wrote: > Do you have software that will let you "clone" your hard drive onto the > external drive? Software like SuperDuper, DataBackup, etc.? If so, then you > can simply copy it over to the external drive, wipe the internal drive > clean, then "clone" it back. But I believe you can't do it with a simple > drag and drop. OSX doesn't work that way. > > Brian > > > On 3/2/06 6:57 PM, "Jane Sprando" wrote: > >> Here is my set up: G4 iMac that boots into 9 and 10; running 10.2.8; >> partitioned into 2 hard drives; external Firewire drive >> >> I want to reformat the iMac's hard drive so that I only have one drive. Can >> I just drag everything over to the Firewire drive, reformat, then drag >> everything back to the iMac? >> >> If this won't work, what would you suggest? >> >> Jane >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HomeMac mailing list >> HomeMac@listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/homemac >> >> Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: >> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > > _______________________________________________ > HomeMac mailing list > HomeMac@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/homemac > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 From kuestner at macnews.de Thu Mar 2 22:39:34 2006 From: kuestner at macnews.de (B. Kuestner) Date: Thu Mar 2 22:39:44 2006 Subject: [HM] Reformat hard drive In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Disk Utility has the ability to clone drives. At least in Tiger. I don't know if it can in Jaguar. Else try Carbon Copy Cloner. Bj?rn From brian4 at sbcglobal.net Fri Mar 3 07:09:31 2006 From: brian4 at sbcglobal.net (Brian Olesky) Date: Fri Mar 3 07:09:42 2006 Subject: [HM] Reformat hard drive In-Reply-To: Message-ID: My understanding is that Retrospect is the Cadillac (maybe Lexus these days) of backup programs, and can certainly make the copy you need. I've never used it, but don't you have a manual? If not, you can go online to their site, use their Help files or whatever. But if you have one of the versions of Retrospect (I think Express is the one most people use) you should be able to use that to meet your needs. But I know you can't just drag and drop with OSX. Brian On 3/2/06 10:12 PM, "Jane Sprando" wrote: > Brian, I have Retrospect Back Up, but I don't think it will clone the hard > drive. > > Jane > > > > on 3/2/06 7:22 PM, Brian Olesky at brian4@sbcglobal.net wrote: > >> Do you have software that will let you "clone" your hard drive onto the >> external drive? Software like SuperDuper, DataBackup, etc.? If so, then you >> can simply copy it over to the external drive, wipe the internal drive >> clean, then "clone" it back. But I believe you can't do it with a simple >> drag and drop. OSX doesn't work that way. >> >> Brian >> >> >> On 3/2/06 6:57 PM, "Jane Sprando" wrote: >> >>> Here is my set up: G4 iMac that boots into 9 and 10; running 10.2.8; >>> partitioned into 2 hard drives; external Firewire drive >>> >>> I want to reformat the iMac's hard drive so that I only have one drive. Can >>> I just drag everything over to the Firewire drive, reformat, then drag >>> everything back to the iMac? >>> >>> If this won't work, what would you suggest? >>> >>> Jane >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> HomeMac mailing list >>> HomeMac@listserver.themacintoshguy.com >>> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/homemac >>> >>> Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: >>> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HomeMac mailing list >> HomeMac@listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/homemac >> >> Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: >> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > > > _______________________________________________ > HomeMac mailing list > HomeMac@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/homemac > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 From duanemurphy at mac.com Fri Mar 3 21:11:38 2006 From: duanemurphy at mac.com (Duane Murphy) Date: Fri Mar 3 21:12:04 2006 Subject: [HM] Reformat hard drive In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20060304051138.12187@smtp.mac.com> --- At Thu, 2 Mar 2006 22:12:48 -0800, Jane Sprando wrote: >Brian, I have Retrospect Back Up, but I don't think it will clone the hard >drive. Retrospect does have the ability to clone a system. This is standard Retrospect, I don't think Retrospect Express can clone. You want to use the Duplicate function in Retrospect. You need make sure that the volume boots before reformatting. >on 3/2/06 7:22 PM, Brian Olesky at brian4@sbcglobal.net wrote: > >> Do you have software that will let you "clone" your hard drive onto the >> external drive? Software like SuperDuper, DataBackup, etc.? If so, then you >> can simply copy it over to the external drive, wipe the internal drive >> clean, then "clone" it back. But I believe you can't do it with a simple >> drag and drop. OSX doesn't work that way. >> >> Brian >> >> >> On 3/2/06 6:57 PM, "Jane Sprando" wrote: >> >>> Here is my set up: G4 iMac that boots into 9 and 10; running 10.2.8; >>> partitioned into 2 hard drives; external Firewire drive >>> >>> I want to reformat the iMac's hard drive so that I only have one drive. Can >>> I just drag everything over to the Firewire drive, reformat, then drag >>> everything back to the iMac? >>> >>> If this won't work, what would you suggest? ...Duane