Retrospect is supposed to copy everything, but apparently it isn't getting something right. Or it may require starting up the computer with a Retrospect CD, which isn't a good solution for when the drive totally fails.
With Carbon Copy can you boot directly from the external drive, with no need to pop a CD into the computer? Any experience with SuperDuper? Are these programs doing more than making a duplicate of the computer's HD with all the right permissions and all the invisible files? ------ Forwarded Message From: Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:54:57 -0500 Subject: Re: Setting Up a Bootable External Drive >I¹ve been using Retrospect... I had thought I¹d be >able to boot my computer from this drive, but when I tried it... >What does it take to make a drive bootable? Need to copy all the OS files (many of them invisible) and get their permissions right. With OS X this is a very tricky thing to get right. I have always found Retrospect over-complex and unrelaible. Carbon Copy Cloner v3 is out today. Nice price: free. It is famous for doing it right. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************ ------ End of Forwarded Message ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
