[P1] Carbon Copy Cloner

[Joe Sporleder]

I just had to send my iBook in for repairs, but before I did I used Carbon
Copy Cloner to backup 15GB ore so of files by merging with my PowerMac G4
tower via FireWire Target Disk Mode. I would say it took no more than 30-45
minutes to do all of that.

Joe

on 8/19/03 6:06 PM, Brian Olesky at brian4 at sbcglobal.net wrote:

> I have a new 120 Gig external HD and a new copy of Carbon Copy Cloner.
> 
> I tried running it last night for an initial clone, and after 4 hours, it
> had done one small folder of photos and said it was then doing
> "Applications." I gave up and shut it down.
> 
> Today I started from scratch all over again. It's now been 5 1/2 hours, all
> it's been able to do is that same folder of photos, and as before it says
> it's working on the Applications folder, which I imagine is pretty big. So,
> do I have a problem here? Or is this amount of time normal for a full system
> clone.
> 
> According to the log, it says it's done a bunch of small things, plus that
> one folder of photos (not a real big one), and it's just plugging away at
> that Applications folder.
> 
> Again, is this normal? Should I shut it down and try again? Should I give up
> and try another backup program?
> 
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.