Perfect Harddrive

trick falltrick fall
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Can I clone my OSX Hard Drive? I occassionally like to do this so that if I have problems I can just switch to a back up drive?

Thanks

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  • Reply 1 of 6
    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    you could always make a disc image of it and then have the disc image to restore if any problems occur
  • Reply 2 of 6
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    I've heard good things about the <a href="http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=13260&db=mac"; target="_blank">Carbon Copy Cloner</a> app that, well, copies OS X installs to another drive/partition.
  • Reply 3 of 6
    nebagakidnebagakid Posts: 2,692member
    [quote]Originally posted by Brad:

    <strong>I've heard good things about the <a href="http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=13260&db=mac"; target="_blank">Carbon Copy Cloner</a> app that, well, copies OS X installs to another drive/partition.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    that is the utility to get, it is a GUI for a UNIX thing called ditto. it works really well! <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
  • Reply 4 of 6
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    Does anybody else with CCC have problems when it tries to copy Virtual PC? Other than that Carbon Copy Cloner works quite well. I usually leave my computer alone when it's working though. I heard it could get grumpy if you have it in the background while working on other stuff.
  • Reply 5 of 6
    trick falltrick fall Posts: 1,271member
    Thanks for the responses. I'll check it out.
  • Reply 6 of 6
    aquaticaquatic Posts: 5,602member
    [quote] Does anybody else with CCC have problems when it tries to copy Virtual PC? Other than that Carbon Copy Cloner works quite well. I usually leave my computer alone when it's working though. I heard it could get grumpy if you have it in the background while working on other stuff. <hr></blockquote>



    Why would Carbon Copy Cloner have problems when it tries to copy Virtual PC?



    Trick Fall or anyone else, have you successfully copied VPC with CCC?
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