Trouble backing up Macbook HD onto external
I have a 160 GB USB external harddrive and tried a program called SuperDuper! to backup my hard drive so I could restore my Macbook back to how it was in case my Windwos install doesn't go too smoothly.
Anyway, I set it to backup my harddrive last night and my Macbook froze about 10% into the backup. I left the computer frozen for about 6 hours in case it was still backing up fine.
I restarted my Macbook (held down power button) and checked the data on the external and only a few of my applications had been copied to the harddrive, no music, movies, documents, etc.
Any ideas as to how I can back up my Macbook without the thing freezing? Isn't there a way to do it in disk utility that might work?
Thanks.
Anyway, I set it to backup my harddrive last night and my Macbook froze about 10% into the backup. I left the computer frozen for about 6 hours in case it was still backing up fine.
I restarted my Macbook (held down power button) and checked the data on the external and only a few of my applications had been copied to the harddrive, no music, movies, documents, etc.
Any ideas as to how I can back up my Macbook without the thing freezing? Isn't there a way to do it in disk utility that might work?
Thanks.
Comments
it's not normal for SD to freeze during a backup. You might want to report this problem to them, they might be able to help.
who do you think i should report the problem to?
BTW, Firewire will provide noticeably better performance.