HDD Clone/Image Util for Mac
I am looking for a HDD Utility for MAC OS X Tiger on my eMac 1.0GHz (ATI Graphics).
For my PC, I've used a program called Acronis Disk Manager *or similar name* to exactly clone one HDD to a new HDD. It can also make a disk image for later imposing.
I want to do this for the HDD in my eMac. I have an external FireWire HDD that I use on my PC and eMac and want to use that to backup the internal eMac HDD. I will be putting a 120gb HDD in the eMac, replacing the old 60gb. I want to make an image of the 60gb, then put the 120gb in the eMac and impose the image onto the new eMac from my external FireWire HDD.
Could someone please suggest a HDD app to do this with my eMac?
Andrew
For my PC, I've used a program called Acronis Disk Manager *or similar name* to exactly clone one HDD to a new HDD. It can also make a disk image for later imposing.
I want to do this for the HDD in my eMac. I have an external FireWire HDD that I use on my PC and eMac and want to use that to backup the internal eMac HDD. I will be putting a 120gb HDD in the eMac, replacing the old 60gb. I want to make an image of the 60gb, then put the 120gb in the eMac and impose the image onto the new eMac from my external FireWire HDD.
Could someone please suggest a HDD app to do this with my eMac?
Andrew
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The reason I ask...
If I backup to an IMAGE put on my FireWire HDD using Carbon Copy Cloner, then take out the original eMac HDD, put in the new HDD, how will I access the image from a machine with a blank drive?
So much more difficult when you can't just slap another internal drive onto a machine like on a PC or a MacPro/PowerPC.
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Do I just boot the eMac from the Tiger CD #1 and use disk utility to restore disk image from FireWire drive? Will that work? Carbon Copy Cloner is making a DMG file, so maybe that will work? Also, will it be bootable? That would be the whole point in this task.
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Andrew
(*) the backup image is not a backup when you only have one copy. I typically make two copies- one to a sparse disk image stored on a network share and the other onto my external Firewire drive when I'm reinstalling and dealing with a new hard drive.
You can boot from the backup/cloned hard disk (*), not image (those aren't bootable). Use CCC to put the image back onto the main drive.
Does Carbon Copy create an image and a boot disk (a CD-ROM) like Acronis?
I am looking for something like this for use with a Firewire 800 drive.
1. Create an image of my main Mac drive once I have all my basic files and programs on there.
2. Put image on FW drive for safekeeping.
3. After a few months of adding a bunch of shareware, etc... I want to clean the drive and go back to my standard so I boot up with the Carbon Copy CD, load the image, and I'm back in business.
Is this what it does?
I believe you can also create sparse disk images (.dmg files) with CCC. They're not bootable and I am not aware of a way to boot from them, but they are also exact clones but as a single file.
CCC will do what you want.
No, CCC (and SuperDuper, which is what I use) will create an exact clone of your boot drive onto an external Firewire drive. This drive will be bootable.
Yeah, I really don't like that. It sounds like I'd have to have a dedicated drive just for each image.
With Acronis, I can save about 5 images on an external drive and load whichever one I want through a menu.
Open up Carbon Copy Cloner, go to Target Disk -> Select Target Disk -> New Disk Image. This will then take the Source Disk and create a New Disk Image of that HD. Therefore you can create multiple disk images of multiple hard drives and put it all on one hard drive. Best of all CCC is Free.
But does it format the drive (to make it bootable)?
Also, I understand that Macs can't boot from a USB drive, is this correct? I have a bunch of USB drives that would be perfect for this task.
But does it format the drive (to make it bootable)?
Also, I understand that Macs can't boot from a USB drive, is this correct? I have a bunch of USB drives that would be perfect for this task.
It does not format the drive. It creates an image of that hard drive. You can restore that image to any hard drive and that hard drive will be bootable. Also, mac's can boot from USB or Firewire Hard Drives, you just set the startup disk preference in Apple -> System Preferences -> Startup Disk. If there is an OS on the external USB Hard Disk just pick that and tell it to restart, and away you go. From the way I understand you, you want to be able to Clone the HD to an Image, put in a new hard drive and restore the image you created from the old hard drive to the new Hard Drive. This is exactly what CCC allows you to do by following my steps.
...this is exactly what CCC allows you to do by following my steps.
Perfect! I'll take a look at it this week.
Thanks for the advice!
Can I take this DMG file which is now on my external FireWire drive and with the new empty HDD installed in my eMac, boot from Tiger CD1 select disk utility and restore from the DMG on my FireWire drive and will that allow the new hard drive, imaged from the DMG file, to be bootable?
If not, I'm gonna just backup my hard drive and re-install Tiger.
I'm actually waiting for Leopard and I may not bother using an image anyways
Andrew
It does not format the drive. It creates an image of that hard drive. You can restore that image to any hard drive and that hard drive will be bootable. Also, mac's can boot from USB or Firewire Hard Drives, you just set the startup disk preference in Apple -> System Preferences -> Startup Disk. If there is an OS on the external USB Hard Disk just pick that and tell it to restart, and away you go. From the way I understand you, you want to be able to Clone the HD to an Image, put in a new hard drive and restore the image you created from the old hard drive to the new Hard Drive. This is exactly what CCC allows you to do by following my steps.
I've done this. The last part I'm fuzzy about.
Can I take this DMG file which is now on my external FireWire drive and with the new empty HDD installed in my eMac, boot from Tiger CD1 select disk utility and restore from the DMG on my FireWire drive and will that allow the new hard drive, imaged from the DMG file, to be bootable
I'm actually waiting for Leopard and I may not bother using an image anyways
Why is this? What will Leopard do that Tiger won't?
1. 'Spaces' - multiple desktops like Linux X-Windows has had for 5-10 yrs.
2. A new and better 'Finder' - hopefully.
3. the rest, well probably good for Intel based Mac's and my eMac won't take advantage of - like better bootcamp stuff.
There are other features, just google
Why is this? What will Leopard do that Tiger won't?
Leopard will be the newest OS.
It looks pretty slick! That TimeMachine stuff is killer.