on 9/25/02 7:22 AM, BigMomma at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If I can back up all my stuff from my Maxtor HD that has OSX 10.1.5 on > it to CDS can I reformat the drive into a number of partitions and then > put if everything back on it and still have a working OSX 10.1.5? I > bought an external firewire drive and was thinking I could use it to do > a back up. However, when I set up the firewire drive booted into 9.1 and > copied everything on to it something strange happened.
You must do your backup from within OS X, and only a handful a utilities seem to be reliable as far as producing a bootable backup. Those few include Retrospect 5, Tri-Backup 3, and Carbon Copy Cloner. And it's fair to say that people may have mixed results making bootable backups even with those. What's clear is that the days of dragging and dropping System files for backup are over with X. I've had great success with Tri-Backup copying my main OS X partition to another partition, and having a mirrored bootable system result. I should say that Carbon Copy Cloner is the only free option I've mentioned, and people seem to swear by it. Keep in mind that many (most?) external FireWire drives aren't bootable no matter which backup utility you use. -Howie -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
