Re: carbon copy cloner, silverkeeper, etc.

2005-07-14 Thread Dan O'Donnell
On Jul 12, 2005, at 10:53 PM, Claire Hart wrote: Go to Applications/Utilities and find Disk Utility. Launch it, and select the disk you back up to. Go to the tab Partition, and create two partitions. You can make these equal size, or you can adjust the size according to preference. Dan, I eff

Re: carbon copy cloner, silverkeeper, etc.

2005-07-12 Thread Claire Hart
Go to Applications/Utilities and find Disk Utility. Launch it, and select the disk you back up to. Go to the tab Partition, and create two partitions. You can make these equal size, or you can adjust the size according to preference. Dan, I effortlessly partitioned my previous external HD a few

Re: carbon copy cloner, silverkeeper, etc.

2005-07-12 Thread Dan O'Donnell
On Jul 12, 2005, at 6:41 AM, Brian McEwen wrote: On Jul 12, 2005, at 9:36 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: the iMac disk. That's maybe why you ended up with something strange. You have to remember that Carbon Copy Cloner clones hard drives, it makes a total duplicate of one hard drive

Re: carbon copy cloner, silverkeeper, etc.

2005-07-12 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jul 12, 2005, at 9:36 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: the iMac disk. That's maybe why you ended up with something strange. You have to remember that Carbon Copy Cloner clones hard drives, it makes a total duplicate of one hard drive onto another without checking what was on the hard

Re: carbon copy cloner, silverkeeper, etc.

2005-07-12 Thread Laurent Daudelin
when it involved > comparing two applications, not quite understanding all of the > terminology, and having to choose which one is best. Obviously, I have > Carbon Copy Cloner for OS X, but SilverKeeper came with the LaCie > external drive. One of the things I'm reading on SilverKe

carbon copy cloner, silverkeeper, etc.

2005-07-11 Thread Claire Hart
this project, I will keep asking questions and I will keep you guys informed. I'm sure you can figure out what my next step is... Last March, I backed up everything on my PowerBook and my iMac onto a LaCie Big Disk external drive, using Carbon Copy Cloner. I really wasn't sure

Re: Carbon Copy Cloner

2005-05-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
On May 18, 2005, at 10:33 AM, Harry Corsover wrote: While I had been doing this quite regularly on my internal drive, for some reason I spaced out doing this on my external backup drive. When the time came to restore from that backup, I found that it was too corrupted. Yeah, doing test restore

Re: Carbon Copy Cloner

2005-05-18 Thread Harry Corsover
How about another reminder -- ALWAYS run disk utilities on your backup drives (Disk Utility, DiskWarrior, etc.). While I had been doing this quite regularly on my internal drive, for some reason I spaced out doing this on my external backup drive. When the time came to restore from that bac

Carbon Copy Cloner

2005-05-18 Thread Brian Stewart
Observation... I use CCC (carbon copy cloner) to backup my powerbook to a firewire external case. I use image backups because I can fit 3 or 4 backups on my external drive instead of just one. I backup it up once a week and have about a month of backup images. The CCC process was failing with

Re: dantz retrospect vs. carbon copy cloner??

2005-02-12 Thread Jan Musil
I would go with CCC after my previous horrible experience with Retrospect. Yes it is few years back when I spent 3 days trying to restore my startup volume only to find note that their first version had a bug and that I lost my data. That is my little story. +-- + e-mail: musiljan (@at@) mac.com

dantz retrospect vs. carbon copy cloner??

2005-02-12 Thread George Ruta
hi, i need some advice. i broke down and bought and external firewire harddrive to back up my alu-book to. i had plannedd on using carbon copy cloner, but it came with dantz retrospect bundled. any opinions on which to use??? TIA george ruta ***  "When

Re: Carbon Copy Cloner and its ilk....

2004-05-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
On May 10, 2004, at 1:22 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: A hearty thank you to all who have responded. Here are the goals I have and the problems I have encountered in accomplishing those goals: I have a Pismo fully up to date not only with OSX and a 9.2.2 set up, but also with all my apps and

Carbon Copy Cloner and its ilk....

2004-05-10 Thread illovox
had that happen 2x's, and I've done 20 or so fully > duplications. > > My recommendation: make sure you double-check the drive before deleting your > original drive! > > Tom >>> Anyone with experience with Carbon Copy Cloner care to share use tips >>>

Re: Carbon Copy Cloner

2004-05-09 Thread Susan Platter
Thank you for mentioning that, David. I have downloaded a free trial copy and the full program is 19.95 US Dollars. Susan Swindon, Wiltshire England On 9 May, 2004, at 19:58, G-Books wrote: Date: Sat, 08 May 2004 19:44:48 -0400 Subject: Re: Carbon Copy Cloner From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]&quo

Re: Carbon Copy Cloner

2004-05-09 Thread Mikael Byström
George, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >To the best of my knowledge, CCC is the only SW that >will make a bootable image of an OS X start up disk. >You can also use it to make perdiodic back-ups of said >bootable disks. >Best >George > I think Synchronize Pro does this also, but that is a quite costl

RE - Carbon Copy Cloner

2004-05-09 Thread Bob Gir.
> To the best of my knowledge, CCC is the only SW that > will make a bootable image of an OS X start up disk. > You can also use it to make periodic back-ups of said > bootable disks. > Best > George Just got back from vacation and read the above. There is indeed another way to make a b

Re: Carbon Copy Cloner

2004-05-08 Thread Harry D . Corsover
On May 8, 2004, at 5:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are numerous products that can make a bootable image including SuperDuper which is what I am currently using. CCC is a fine product but from day one it has had one annoying flaw - it tends to stall while making a clone to an external dri

Re: Carbon Copy Cloner

2004-05-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 5/8/04 4:38 PM, "George Mogiljansky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To the best of my knowledge, CCC is the only SW that > will make a bootable image of an OS X start up disk. > You can also use it to make perdiodic back-ups of said > bootable disks. There are numerous products that can make a

Re: Carbon Copy Cloner

2004-05-08 Thread George Mogiljansky
I dont't use it for that, but I'm pretty aure you can. --- "Harry D. Corsover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 8, 2004, at 2:38 PM, George Mogiljansky > wrote: > > > To the best of my knowledge, CCC is the only SW > that > > will make a bootable image of an OS X start up > disk. > > You can

Re: Carbon Copy Cloner

2004-05-08 Thread Harry D . Corsover
On May 8, 2004, at 2:38 PM, George Mogiljansky wrote: To the best of my knowledge, CCC is the only SW that will make a bootable image of an OS X start up disk. You can also use it to make perdiodic back-ups of said bootable disks. Can it be used to make incremental backups, like Retrospect can?

Re: Carbon Copy Cloner

2004-05-08 Thread john slavin
u can also use it to make perdiodic back-ups of said bootable disks. Best George --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone with experience with Carbon Copy Cloner care to share use tips and experience? -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electron

Re: Carbon Copy Cloner

2004-05-08 Thread George Mogiljansky
To the best of my knowledge, CCC is the only SW that will make a bootable image of an OS X start up disk. You can also use it to make perdiodic back-ups of said bootable disks. Best George --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Anyone with experience with Carbon Copy Cloner care > to share us

"I WILL NOT TAKE IT" > Carbon Copy Cloner

2004-05-08 Thread illovox
writes "my experience is..." that is not libel. If a person conflates such a statement and accuses the poster of "bigotry/racism" either directly or by implication, that is libel. We get it. You love Apple. Only you should be allowed to post critical comments regarding thei

Re: Carbon Copy Cloner? (Was Wallstreet Disk Problems)

2004-04-30 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 29, 2004, at 7:23 PM, Rad Craig wrote: Also, how can I make a copy that will allow this laptop to be network bootable if I might have problems at some point and need to boot off of that version? How does all that work? You cannot network boot that system; newer macs can be network booted,

Re: Carbon Copy Cloner? (Was Wallstreet Disk Problems)

2004-04-29 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 29/04/04 23:44, George Mogiljansky at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > But doesn't CCC make a bootable disk out of the target > disk? Or is that one option? > Also, can you use a non-Apple ROM HDD - I've tried > everything to install X on a Compaq branded HDD but no > go. I was able to install OS 9 d

Re: Carbon Copy Cloner? (Was Wallstreet Disk Problems)

2004-04-29 Thread Phillip Burk
as able to install OS 9 drivers via the X install CD, but Apple Drive Set Up still sees it as an unsupported drive. George --- Laurent Daudelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: on 29/04/04 22:23, Rad Craig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, I have a copy of Carbon Copy Cloner now. If CCC supports a rem

Re: Carbon Copy Cloner? (Was Wallstreet Disk Problems)

2004-04-29 Thread George Mogiljansky
s it as an unsupported drive. George --- Laurent Daudelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 29/04/04 22:23, Rad Craig at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Ok, I have a copy of Carbon Copy Cloner now. If CCC > supports a remote volume, > then it should appear in the source disk

Re: Carbon Copy Cloner? (Was Wallstreet Disk Problems)

2004-04-29 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 29/04/04 22:23, Rad Craig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok, I have a copy of Carbon Copy Cloner now. I looked in the preferences > and I¹m not sure what I need to set. I want to make a clone of my hd on > this laptop and save it across the network to a Windoze 2000 Server. > >

Carbon Copy Cloner? (Was Wallstreet Disk Problems)

2004-04-29 Thread Rad Craig
Ok, I have a copy of Carbon Copy Cloner now. I looked in the preferences and I¹m not sure what I need to set. I want to make a clone of my hd on this laptop and save it across the network to a Windoze 2000 Server. What settings do I need to check/uncheck to do this and then be able to restore

Re: Carbon Copy Cloner > Copying Specific Programs > Mail Port

2003-11-29 Thread Illovox Media
What I am wondering is the following: If I use Carbon Copy Cloner, does the target drive get "wiped" of all except for what is being copied over? Here is my real dilemma: There are programs on the iBook I want to port to the Pismo, particularly FCPro 3, but also others with settings I d

Re: MAC OS9 Re: Carbon Copy Cloner

2003-11-26 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 26/11/03 16:23, "Illovox Media" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 11/26/03 11:39 AM, Bruce Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> James G (Jim) Hardwick wrote: >> >>> But what about copying the system files? I always ran into to trouble >>> there when trying to mass restore like you are desc

Re: MAC OS9 Re: Carbon Copy Cloner

2003-11-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
Illovox Media wrote: on 11/26/03 11:39 AM, Bruce Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: James G (Jim) Hardwick wrote: But what about copying the system files? I always ran into to trouble there when trying to mass restore like you are describing. Does copying the DT database in 9 cover that prob

Re: MAC OS9 Re: Carbon Copy Cloner

2003-11-26 Thread Illovox Media
on 11/26/03 11:39 AM, Bruce Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > James G (Jim) Hardwick wrote: > >> But what about copying the system files? I always ran into to trouble >> there when trying to mass restore like you are describing. Does copying >> the DT database in 9 cover that problem? > > S

Re: MAC OS9 Re: Carbon Copy Cloner

2003-11-26 Thread Steve Kidd
On 26-Nov-03, at 11:39 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Aliases will have to be recreated, anyway, if you're switching over to the new drive. Might I recommend Skytag's File Buddy as a useful tool for reconnecting lost aliases, as well as the thousand other things it does for you... in OS 9 and in OS X

Re: MAC OS9 Re: Carbon Copy Cloner

2003-11-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
James G (Jim) Hardwick wrote: But what about copying the system files? I always ran into to trouble there when trying to mass restore like you are describing. Does copying the DT database in 9 cover that problem? System files are copied by dragging the System folder over. I deal with desktop i

MAC OS9 Re: Carbon Copy Cloner

2003-11-26 Thread James G (Jim) Hardwick
20031126 On Tuesday, November 25, 2003, at 10:13 PM, James G (Jim) Hardwick wrote: 20031126 I just went there. It's still there. Downloading another copy right now: http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html Is CCC still available for OS 9.x.x? Uh, yeah Open a window on the root of dis

Re: MAC OS9 Re: Carbon Copy Cloner

2003-11-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Tuesday, November 25, 2003, at 10:13 PM, James G (Jim) Hardwick wrote: 20031126 I just went there. It's still there. Downloading another copy right now: http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html Is CCC still available for OS 9.x.x? Uh, yeah Open a window on the root of disk 1, co

MAC OS9 Re: Carbon Copy Cloner

2003-11-25 Thread James G (Jim) Hardwick
20031126 I just went there. It's still there. Downloading another copy right now: http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html Is CCC still available for OS 9.x.x? Try not to laugh. J -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com

Re: Carbon Copy Cloner

2003-11-25 Thread Gary Adams
I just went there. It's still there. Downloading another copy right now: http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html Gary On Tuesday, November 25, 2003, at 10:45 PM, Stuart Saunders wrote: It seems that bombich.com (creators of Carbon Copy Cloner) might have gone to the great ISP in the sky.

Re: Carbon Copy Cloner

2003-11-25 Thread Stuart Saunders
It seems that bombich.com (creators of Carbon Copy Cloner) might have gone to the great ISP in the sky. Have not been able to connect for some days now. Is CCC available elsewhere? Also FYI, Panther has restored my Rev A iMac on which OS X was killed by 10.2.8. update. Panther seems very good