[X-Newbies] How to back up a Tiger hard drive?

Brian Durant globetrotterdk at gmail.com
Thu Jul 19 03:51:10 PDT 2007


Therer are a lot of hidden files that need to be carried over. You
have two possibilities: normal backup (a copy of all of your files
coppied) or cloning the HD (creating a bootable exact copy of your
drive). I use Intego Personal Backup X4.

Brian

On 7/19/07, Paul Moortgat <paul.moortgat at pandora.be> wrote:
> CCC or SuperDuper.
>
> Paul Moortgat
>
> On 19 Jul 2007, at 05:23, D.F. Manno wrote:
>
> > I have an iBook G4 with SuperDrive. I would like to back up the
> > hard drive before making some changes (including installing
> > Classic). However, I have no backup software and no external device
> > to back up to.
> >
> > Can I just double-click on the HD icon, and copy all folders
> > (System, Library, Desktop Folder, Applications and Users) to DVDs?
> >
> > If that won't work or is not feasible, what options do I have?


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