Gerald,
I'd say to get an external FireWire hard drive
either 400 or 800MHz transfer speed. Forget the
USB drives that you have as backup drives
for your Mac, use FW.
Use the USB drives for other things.
I have not had a chance to evaluate Time Machine
that comes with OS 10.5 So, I'd say...
Get software called SuperDuper, set the schedule for
every day or every week and you will have
a clone (and a complete backup) with minimum fuss,
and high reliability.
SuperDuper is $28
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/
A good FW drive from OWC is a good thing.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/on-the-go
A compact (no power adapter needed) 160GB 5400 RPM
is $150 and has FW 400 + USB 2.0 !
Hard to beat and I have dozens of them running
all over DC on my customers Mac's. I use the default
schedule of 9:30PM on most of them.
Phil Marchetti
Mac & PC consultant for over 15 years.
On Nov 4, 2007, at 9:51 AM, gerald wrote:
bought wife an iMac last month. bought a copy of 10.5 for her to
load. she wants to clone her drive with the 10.4.X on it before
install of 10.5.
there is a recommendation of using an external firewire drive
instead of an external USB drive. I have a couple USB drives
around, but do not have a firewire around. is it really better or
necessary to use firewire?
will the 2.4ghz 24" support a second internal sata drive? is the
cable or connection for support already in the machine?
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