[P1] backing up, slightly OT

[KhooCK]

Remember to disconnect the firewire drive when installing and starting
Panther for the first time - Macworld reports data corruption if this is not
done. Seems to affect all external firewire drives.



on 30/10/03 8:06 pm, Brian Pearce at bpearce at cloud9.net wrote:

>>  What's the best way to back up data to prepare for a Panther install?
>> (without an external drive)  Thanks!
> 
> I backed up my iBook to my iMac (via Firewire), and spent a few hours
> burning CDs to back up the iMac. I chose to "Archive and Install," so
> the back-ups were for peace of mind only; I never had to use them.
> 
> BRIAN/bpearce at cloud9.net
> 
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