At 8:19 PM -0500 10/26/2008, Kris Tilford wrote: >On Oct 26, 2008, at 7:04 PM, Wilton Shaw wrote: > > I am about to add a new external HD to my eMac, which is using OS >> 10.5.5. I want to use it as a backup drive. >> Should I use CCC to copy everything from my internal HD, or should I >> install OS 10.5 with the CD and add each program that I want. > >You're running Leopard. Why not use Time Machine with your new >external HD as backup?
heh. Partition the new external drive into two volumes. Volume A -- MacHD Backup - the same size as your internal HD. Volume B -- Time Machine Backup - the rest of the drive. Do a CCC or SD backup to MacHD Backup -- so you'll have a full backup in a *known* state to boot from if you need. Update it monthly or just *before* you apply a round of Apple updates to your internal. Let Time Machine use the other volume. And when it farks up, you can wipe it out and still have that other volume as your primary backup. Maybe sometime Time Machine will be ready to run without training wheels... - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
