Backing up my Mac partition?

abhinavabhinav
Posted:
in macOS edited January 2014
Boot Camp refuses to install on my MacBook. It says that I should backup and format the HDD and then restore the Mac partition. I was wondering what the simplest way of backing up (and then restoring) a Mac partition is for my Macbook?



Of course, when I restore, it will be to a smaller partition but I have about 20GB empty which is more than I'll need for Windows, so what is the simplest way of doing this?



Thanks,

Abhinav

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 4
    smaxsmax Posts: 361member
    Crabon Copy Cloner is what I use.



    You DO have an external drive, right?
  • Reply 2 of 4
    abhinavabhinav Posts: 20member
    I have an 80G iPod, most of which is empty.
  • Reply 3 of 4
    aplnubaplnub Posts: 2,605member
    I use SuperDuper.



    Backing up your HDD to the iPod on a regular basis will eventually kill your iPod hdd.
  • Reply 4 of 4
    abhinavabhinav Posts: 20member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by aplnub View Post


    I use SuperDuper.



    Backing up your HDD to the iPod on a regular basis will eventually kill your iPod hdd.



    Yeah, I was worried about that too, it was a one time emergency so I wont do it again. Thanks! I just kept the days and apps and needed, and re-installed the whole things. zi thelped trim down the OS too.
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