Use a cloning utility like arbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper and you will have a bootable system with all your files intact. If your Macs hard drive fails you can simply swap the drive from your external enclosure.
On Nov 4, 10:00 pm, Anne Keller-Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all ~ > > Been using a Maxtor and a Fantom hard drive to back up files. These are > not bootable, so I have always assumed in case of a major OS > malfunction I would lose much of my user configuration, but what the > hey. Retrospect does a good job backing up what's new and changed. My > question is, if I just dragged files to the hard drive (I actually do > this to make my own archives, old files are loaded onto both drives and > then deleted from my computer) am I going to have permissions problems? > I haven't had any so far. > > What are the issues here? > > Was considering Time Machine but my brain balked at the $300 price tag. > Got the Airport Express Extreme though on account I wanted to network > the G4 with the new iMac in order to get both on my cable modem. (G4 > did not have a wireless card it turns out). > > Anne Keller Smith > Down to Earth Creations > Jewelry that Sings to Your > Spirithttp://www.downtoearthcreations.comhttp://www.downtoearthcreations.etsy.comhttp://www.downtoearthcreations.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
