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Backing up multiple hard drives
I want to back up my two hard rives (300 GB and 500 GB) to a 1TB hard drive.
Do I have to partition 1 TB drive into two partitions or
I can just back them up it as is?It was a long day (after a storm I realised that one of my external back up hard rives is playing up,
and that my system drive wasn’t backed up as bootable at all, SuperDuper used) and I’d appreciate your help.Mick
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3 Replies
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Then one of the two drives is a boot disk? I’d partition the TB drive…
Jerry
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8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO, CD’s
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Thanks Jerry,
Yes, one is a boot disc (Macintosh HD).
That means, partition for bootable to be Journalled,
and other partition to be Journalling Off. Correct?I used Super Duper to make a bootable copy, and that might have caused problems.
It was never bootable, and every time after the back up. my G5 would freeze.
After forced quit (switch button) Mac (Finder) would struggle to open any
window let alone an application.
Apparently, Mac would just be hanging – not being able to establish from which drive to run.Mac technician suggested a faulty drive? Data is there, but it’s not bootable.
Would Carbon Copy cloner be better or should I use WD Anywhere Backup (supplied with my Western Digital), or maybe something like retrospect?
Mick
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I’ve always had pretty good luck with SuperDuper actually… don’t know much about the others.
Don’t think it matters about turning Journalling on or off for the second partition, but should be on for a bootable disk.
Does sound like the drive is going south though if it’s super slow.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO, CD’s
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