[G4] Backup Strategies -- CCC

[David Crandon]

OK, so this will overwrite my previously cloned copy, correct? This is
what I would want it to do.

The thing I'm still not sure of is this: suppose there are files on the
previously cloned disk that are not on my current main drive, that have
been deleted from my main drive in the last month. I would not know what
these files are because of the myriad of changes to system software and
my regular programs that have occurred since my last use of CCC a month
ago. Some of these files may indeed be invisible as well.

Using your suggestion of making sure I haven't checked the "Delete Items
not on source" options in preferences would still leave these type of
files on the cloned disk correct? And if there are invisible system type
files on there that now shouldn't be (because of system software updates
I've performed since then), this could create some sort of problem or
conflict when I put a new cloned copy on the backup drive, correct?

David Crandon

"John S. Baltutis" wrote:
> 
> On 4/2/03, David Crandon <tdc at attbi.com> wrote:
> >
> > Let me restate my problem. Every month, I want to make a complete
> > bootable backup of my main hard drive to the backup drive. I don't want
> > an incremental backup, but a complete backup, or copy, of my main drive.
> >
> > In addition, I have a folder on the backup drive that I have put there
> > separately. It's not on my main drive and I don't want it erased from
> > the backup.
> >
> > Again, unless I'm mistaken, the easy way to do this with CCC is to
> > discard everything on the backup drive each month except that one folder
> > I want to keep, and then use CCC to make a copy of my main drive onto
> > the backup drive.
> 
> You're missing the point. The only way to discard everything on the backup
> drive is to erase/reformat the drive. Selecting every visible thing except
> the folder you want to keep DOESN'T     get rid of the myriad hidden/invisible
> files and folders that are part of an OS X installation. All you have to do
> is clone the source to the target and ensure that you haven't checked the
> the Delete Items not on source options in preferences.
> 
> HTH
> 
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