TidBits has just pointed out that CCC is about to become obsolete, so to speak: > **Disk Utility Engulfs Others** -- Who knew that Disk Utility had > imperialistic leanings? Previously, Disk Utility was essential for > repairing damaged disks, fixing permissions, and initializing and > partitioning disks. In Panther, however, Disk Utility has taken > over the disk image functions of Disk Copy, so you can use it to > make and burn disk images. Not stopping there, Disk Copy has also > overrun the territory of the free Carbon Copy Cloner, since you > can now use the controls in the Restore tab to make an exact > duplicate of a disk, or restore a disk from an existing disk > image. For the many people disappointed that it was impossible to > duplicate a Mac OS X volume by merely dragging it, as was possible > in Mac OS 9, this feature should be quite welcome. While you're in > Disk Utility, note that you can click the Enable Journaling button > for disks that don't currently have journaling turned on. Without > going into details, with journaling on, your Mac can start up more > quickly after a crash. http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-703.html something to think about for after (when/if?) you've moved over to Panther... tho' I'm still waiting for my copy to show up, sigh. db Herzogenburg, Austria