I want to back up my entire HD on my iBook and be able to restore it...

aplnubaplnub
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in macOS edited January 2014
I want to back up my iBook hard drive so that in case of a problem, I can restore the entire drive and not loose a single setting.



How is the best way to go about this?



I have external FireWire drives (300+ GB) and an iMac.



Obviously, I want to get ready for the Tiger upgrade.





Thanks,



Eric

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 8
    chris vchris v Posts: 460member
    CarbonCopy Cloner
  • Reply 2 of 8
    aplnubaplnub Posts: 2,605member
    Is there an easy way to back up my iBook to my iMac by using a firewire cable via Panther utility?



    I will look into CCC, thanks!!



    Eric
  • Reply 3 of 8
    aplnubaplnub Posts: 2,605member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by aplnub

    Is there an easy way to back up my iBook to my iMac by using a firewire cable via Panther utility?



    I will look into CCC, thanks!!



    Eric



    In Preferences, should I check any of the ASR options?



    Eric
  • Reply 4 of 8
    screedscreed Posts: 1,077member
    <Boot from another disk -- this might work from a Panther CD, but I didn't take that route>

    - Disk Utility

    - highlight your iBook hard drive (not the volume)

    - Images > New Image from disk0 > save your image someplace other the drive your imaging (naturally)

    - You now have a complete snapshot of your hard drive



    To restore:

    <Again boot from another disk/volume>

    - Disk Utility

    - highlight your iBook hard drive (create a partition that is as large or larger than your original volume -- naturally)

    - Restore (tab)

    - Select the image file as source

    - Select the partition as destination

    - Click restore

    Voila!



    Worked like a treat when I switched out my Powerbook's hard drive.



    Screed
  • Reply 5 of 8
    aplnubaplnub Posts: 2,605member
    Thanks sCreeD.



    How do I boot from another disk?



    I have a 300 gb external firewire drive, let's assume it is partitioned into three divisions (one I can load panther on to boot off of, and two for HD backups (ibook and imac). Is there some option or key stroke sequence I need to push to boot off of an external drive?







    ERic
  • Reply 6 of 8
    screedscreed Posts: 1,077member
    With the external drive attached, reboot your iBook and hit (and hold) Option immediately after the chimes. A screen should appear showing you all available boot volumes. (The external drive should have a Firewire badge). Click that volume and your off.



    Your iBook volume(s) should mount as secondary volumes.



    Screed
  • Reply 7 of 8
    aplnubaplnub Posts: 2,605member
    Thanks! Macs are so easy.





    ERic
  • Reply 8 of 8
    aplnubaplnub Posts: 2,605member
    Thanks again. I am running off of my firewire drive and making a image of my iMac's HD as I type. I will probably install Tiger on my fire wire drive to play with before my upgrade now that I see how easy this is.



    I wish I had FW 800 though...
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