On Sun 28 Jan,, at 11:49 AM, Barbara Needham wrote: > > Is it possible to clone a HD just using disk utility? I COPIED my > whole laptop to a desktop using disk utility and it was pretty easy > but I didn't have to depend on it to boot a laptop... > -- > Barbara Needham Yes, Use the Restore function. Altho that does not sound correct that is what you use, Think it as "restoring" your HD to your other HD. I have read that it is better to do the Restore [clone] procedure while booted from your system CD which has Disk Utility on it. HTH ......... Peter Sealy Thurgoona AUSTRALIA