On Apr 25, 2009, at 8:56 PM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote:
> I'm on the verge of getting a bootable external hard drive. > > Presently I have two - a Fantom and a Maxtor, non-bootables, around > 200 gigs each. They are meant to be dupes of each other, contain my > user folder and archives. (Altho the archives are not *quite* dups any > more if you want me to be honest, as one drive is at the safe deposit > box and one at the house, so it's hard to compare if you know what I > mean.) The Maxtor came with some software I've been using for backup, > but I don't like the wierd single file it generates, so did this only > once and then did just copy of things with it, which seems to work > well, more or less. > > As you know, the G4 did some weird things earlier this week, so I was > glad to have the external! And it wasn't bad, files just copied over > to the new iMac very well. > > I just downloaded CCC - coupla questions: > > 1. I feel like making two separate backups, one of my whole drive and > then one of my user folder, as if I backup every couple of days and > the system does something weird, wouldn't it be better to have a > system to revert to? > Absolutely > 2. Can CCC do this? This is CCC's main purpose; creating a bootable exact copy. > > 3. Does CCC copy things in a way that I can look at them, unlike the > file the Maxtor software created? I use the external to rescue things > from time to time if a file gets corrupted or I erase it or save over > it by accident, and want to just get back this one file. CCC makes an exact copy of your hard drive, so it's like any drive with files on it. > > 4. Is Time Machine still a flaky app? (It is sitting here right in the > dock, but I remember hearing wierd tales awhile back) With local drives I haven't had any problems. There are occasional 'Time machine failed' errors, but the next time it runs it's ok. A number of folks use it at work and I've not heard any complaints. > > 5. In case of system problems, kind of how does it work with a > bootable drive? Can you copy back everything, even the system? Fonts, > settings, drivers? That's the idea, right? > Exactly. You use CCC to copy everything back. A Time Machine volume can do that as well, but as part of an OSX install. A professor at work had a drive failure on his G5 and this worked perfectly for him when he got the replacement drive. > Thanks in advance to those who know! > > > > Anne Keller Smith > Down to Earth Web Design > > G4 Quicksilver 733mHz Tower > 896 MB RAM, 40 GB hard drive, OS 10.4.11 > > Intel iMac 2.4gHz Core 2 Duo > 1GB RAM, 250GB Hard Drive, OS 10.5.5 > > Intel iMac 2.66gHz Core 2 Duo > 2GB RAM, 264GB Hard Drive, OS 10.5.6 > > mailto:earth...@ptd.net > http://www.downtoearthweb.com > > > > > > -- Bruce Johnson U of Az College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions don't have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
