On May 25, 2005, at 18:54, Alex wrote: > Keep the internal drive as boot device, and keep the home folder on > it. Create two partitions on the external drive. Use one to mirror the > boot volume. Use the other to store the big items -- the iTunes music > folder, iPhoto library, iMovie projects, etc. Thanx for answering. That sounds like a good idea. I have only one more question: How do I "mirror" the boot volume? Do I just copy the files? Do I have to create a partition that is the exact same size as my boot volume? If so, there goes half my new drive space :( dZ.