[X4U] Dying drive: next steps?

[Mark Phillips]

My personal preference is B. It takes more time but lets the 
application installer take care of properly placing all the required 
files. Whether drag-n-drop or import is best depends on the 
application.

  - Mark Phillips

On Nov 19, 2004, at 7:29 AM, Jesse Leo wrote:

> So DiskWarrior tells me that my drive is going to die any minute now. 
> I've
> ordered a new one and will do the setup this weekend. Now, to get 
> those apps
> and libraries over...
>
> Would it make most sense to:
>
> A) Use a hd clone program to make a duplicate of the dying drive? Or 
> is that
> dumb, since if there is corruption it would copy that over as well?
>
> B) Reinstall all of the apps (if I can find the installer disks and 
> serial
> keys). Then simply drap -n- drop itunes and iphoto libs over from old 
> to
> new? Or would an import of some sort work best?
>
> C) Drag -n- drop the apps themselves? This is not as easy as it was in 
> the
> OS 9 days, I'm sure. There are prefs and libraries and all types of
> subfolders that could be missed.
>
> Any recommendations?
>
> Thanks,
> Jesse