How do I make my old laptop into a backup hard drive?

greggwsmithgreggwsmith
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
I want to use carbon copy and make a copy of my 15inch Al PB to my 15inch TiPB. How to I get the older PB to boot up as a spare HD?

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  • Reply 1 of 3
    skipjackskipjack Posts: 263member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by GreggWSmith

    I want to use carbon copy and make a copy of my 15inch Al PB to my 15inch TiPB. How to I get the older PB to boot up as a spare HD?



    Look under the Help topic "Target Disk Mode".



    With your new computer on and the two computers linked with a firewire cable, start your old computer while holding down the "T" key.
  • Reply 2 of 3
    greggwsmithgreggwsmith Posts: 523member
    Thanks! I did the target mode and it is copying right now.
  • Reply 3 of 3
    crusadercrusader Posts: 1,129member
    Wow, deceptive thread title. I though you were using the old PB for just storage. I would have cried at the waste of a good mac
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