Quoth deschwab at descom-usa.com (deschwab at descom-usa.com) at 25/06/2004 4:16 PM: > Ken -- facing a similar task, with a WDC 80 GB drive. I found potential > software at http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html in a Google search, and > it sounds tailor made, especially as the author has different version for > different vintage OS X, and because it is free ware/donation ware. > > Carbon Copy Cloner > > Has anyone else any experience with it? I've not tried it yet, I have to go > out and buy a Firewire external drive enclosure before I put Carbon Copy > Cloner to use. CCC is the de facto solution for this - Apple integrated it into Panther (10.3) in Disk Utility. There's no need to buy a FW enclosure, just connect the second hard drive to the optical drive connector and leave the Cube open while you do the transfer. Sean Terrill a10t2 at mac.com http://www.spiffypage.com "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." - Kevin Spacey, 'The Usual Suspects'