Yes, copying the whole drive makes sense. Can someone post how to do this again? Tom Klinkowstein At 8:45 AM -0500 2/8/05, John wrote: >>Answer. No. it works as if the PB lid is open. This is amazing to >>me. The PB doesn't sleep. It's drives are still available to me on >>my desktop machine. >> >>Brilliant. >> >>David > >What's even better about Firewire Target Disk Mode, is that you can >copy the ENTIRE drive in a matter of hours, and not get any errors >because some file is in use (unlike ethernet). Whenever I re-do a >machine at work, I copy the entire drive, and on the copy on my >machine, I delete all the unneeded files one by one. > >"Why," you might ask? Because I know that my co-workers do not >always save their files in the appropriate places. Plus, if I forget >to move a preference, I have a copy of the entire Disk to find the >appropriate preference. > > > >_______________________________________________________ >http://www.ururk.com >Not technically a blog per se, really just a blog driven website. > >From ed.gov: > "We can take votes and each person will vote for the > [light]bulb he or she thinks is the brightest." >_______________________________________________________ > >_______________________________________________ >Titanium mailing list >Titanium at listserver.themacintoshguy.com >http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/titanium