[G4] Backing up hard drive

[Steve Goldstein]

That's a great tip, Michael.  I didn't know that you could do that!  THANKS!!

I have an external drive to which I back up changing files automatically every morning (around 3 AM) using ChronoSync.  It is not the only backup package; there is Retrospect, for example.  It is just the one that I happen to have used for several years.  But, the idea is that things that are subject to change (Documents, Preferences, Applications, my download folder, etc.) are backed up without manual intervention on my part.

Then, every so often, especially when a major system update comes along, I re-clone my startup drive to the external backup using CarbonCopyCloner.  Maybe I will try the "Restore" function in Disk Utilities, just to see how well it works for me.

--Steve

At 7:47 AM -0700 11/5/06, R Michael Vogt wrote:
> I used to use Carbon Cloner allot but I use the one in Utilities   
>folder called Disk utilities all you have to do is go into the part that says restore  drag the old drive to the first box then drag the new drive to bottom box then hit restore it will be exact duplicate of the drive she use right now and will boot also .
>then pull it out case then put in mac boot it up