On Dec 13, 2008, at 10:41 PM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: >> >> Disk Utility handles most problems quite well. If it can't, then you >> can purchase DiskWarrior or Data Rescue ... but really, at that >> point, the only time you'd be reaching for those particular utilities >> is if you totally failed to make backups. (hint hint) :) > > Okay ... > > I always backup my data. > > But I never made an external clone of everything because I didn't > have a bootable drive. > > Guess I figured if anything went horribly wrong I'd just reinstall > the System, put back the data, and voila. > > I am thinking that's what they are referring to when they write "nuke > and pave." > > However, is there a better way and can you point me in direction of a > resource I can use to make a clone?
For backup, I like Carbon Copy Cloner or CCC 3.1.3, under Tiger and / or Leopard, which IMO does it all (along with any of a variety of hard drives, often externally housed). See: http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html Yes ... I recently did a Nuke & Pave ... chose to re-Install Leopard from scratch. The "Nuke" was zeroing the entire partition I had previously installed Leopard upon, and the "Pave" was using the Leopard Install DVD, and then Software Update to reach (pave my way) back to 10.5.5. I needed to re-install all my other drivers (like the one for my M-Audio 2496 PCI Card, the one for USB-MIDI connectivity for my Yamaha digital keyboard, and the one for my Logitech Wireless KB and Mouse, etc etc etc ... pave, pave, pave). There were Time Machine "backups", but they were all tainted with "add on" apps that messed up my OS X partition ... well, that I added, that messed up the OS X 10.5.5 ... and then there's the latest and greatest in OS development for the Intels ... Having a second machine, a PCI Graphics Yikes! a friend gave me, that I also wanted to backup, running Tiger 10.4.11, I chose to use the new CCC 3.1.3 to create clones of my partitions to a FW Harddrive connected to my other machine, a QS 2002 Dual 1GHz. The QS is now using Time Machine to back itself up, and my Yikes! uses CCC over my home network. Now if something goes wrong, I can boot from the clone, and/or CCC it back ... something going wrong meaning a hardware failure, not an OS X failure. I might also switch to CCC for the QS if I stop liking the eye candy nature of Time Machine. Just some thoughts to ponder ... or not ... Best wishes, Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
