On 2004-06-14 19:44, Brian wrote: > I have a hard drive that is dieing a slow painfull death. I have > backed up the important stuff. > > The actual replacement is not an issue and I am set up to mount the new > and old one at the same time. But for the replacement I would like to > just duplicate the current drive to the new one. Any suggestions on the > best way to go about this. - Connect both drives - Start up from your Mac OS X 10.3 CD - Quit the OS installer - Run Disk Utility - Select your existing drive - Go to the Restore tab - Drag your existing disk to the Source field - Drag your new disk to the Destination field - Click restore ,xtG .tsooJ -- I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they go by. - Douglas Adams -- Joost van de Griek <http://www.jvdg.net/>