How can i backup my system?

[rob3r7o]

Hi,

finally i have a good 10.4.5 system . Now, before i try to install 10.4.7, i want to backup my hard-disk.

Can some program help me? Can i made a restore dvd??

Tank you

[Mofo-X]

You probably won't be able to make a cd easily however, if you have a large enough ipod or an external firewire/usb hdd you could use CarbonCopyCloner/SuperDuper/DiskUtil to make an image of your drive onto the other system. Or if you have symantec ghost and your entire install is under 4.7GB you could boot using ghost and make a DVD image of the drive to restore later.

 

Regards,

 

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[rob3r7o]

Thank you {censored}-x

ok, with carbon copy, i have now an imagine of my HD stored in external usb hd (9GB).

So how can i restore this image??

i gess:

1 boot from macos dvd 10.4.4

2 use diskutil or carboncopy and restore hd image from my external usb drive?

3 another way?

Thank you very much

[Mofo-X]

@rob3r70

 

Greetings,

 

You could boot off of the DVD and use DiskUtil to restore the partition. Or you could boot directly off the USB hard drive if your system supports it and CarbonCopy it over the main hard drive. Or worst case if neither are applicable and you re-launch setup off the cd, you could import your settings from that drive during setup.

 

I would suggest boot off HDD if possible if not use the diskutil to restore the partition.

 

Regard,

 

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[dvornik]

Does ghost work with those mac partitions? I use ghost to backup my Windows installations to another machine, but it seems to be designed for PC partitions...