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Why carbon copy cloner instead of time machine? Time machine works well, and is supported directly off the leopard boot disk, plus is incremental, so doesn't take anywhere near as much time to maintain.
I have some programs that I don't have the installation discs to and I read off of some other forums that the cloner clones applications an all...and plus I haven't done enough reading on time machine. Can Time machine do that as well?
I have some programs that I don't have the installation discs to and I read off of some other forums that the cloner clones applications an all...and plus I haven't done enough reading on time machine. Can Time machine do that as well?
I was under the impression that Time Machine backs up everything on a Mac.
Although I have not had to use it for restoring anything yet I have been using it since day 1.
Time Machine restores as well as CCC. However, I have also liked SuperDuper!. It does what CCC does and more. Plus CCC has always run slow on my machines.
Virtually any usb2 or firewire drive. Check out newegg.com. I bought a Western Digital and a cheap enclosure with good recommendations. Very inexpensive and works great for backup.
Stress test? Just to see if it'll work under load? Play a movie.
Like others, AppZapper.
Mooch
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I read up on CCC and it seemed like it would be perfect for my needs. Which is why I didn't read so much about time machine. CCC can make a bootable copy of the drive with all the applications and such, so that later on if I had issues with the drive, I can simply copy the carbon copy back to the internal drive. At least this is what I gathered from my readings. I don tknow if time machine can do that too? Make a bootable copy?
Hey Moocher - yup I just ran a dvd and did some things here and there. I guess that is as stressful as I can make this machine.
Edit: I guess my goal was to preserve the hdd in the state its in, in case something happens to the internal harddrive down the road. I have a lot of programs on my MBP and not all the discs with me, so I wanted to be sure preserve those somehow too. If time machine can do that, I am reading more!
Thanks guys for the advice! Keep them coming! I am still reading about harddrives.
Time Machine keeps your disc the way it is right now. Also, it keeps pictures of your disc from a long time ago - depending on disc size. It comes in really handy for me.
I read up on CCC and it seemed like it would be perfect for my needs. Which is why I didn't read so much about time machine. CCC can make a bootable copy of the drive with all the applications and such, so that later on if I had issues with the drive, I can simply copy the carbon copy back to the internal drive. At least this is what I gathered from my readings. I don tknow if time machine can do that too? Make a bootable copy?
Hey Moocher - yup I just ran a dvd and did some things here and there. I guess that is as stressful as I can make this machine.
Edit: I guess my goal was to preserve the hdd in the state its in, in case something happens to the internal hard-drive down the road. I have a lot of programs on my MBP and not all the discs with me, so I wanted to be sure preserve those somehow too. If time machine can do that, I am reading more!
Thanks guys for the advice! Keep them coming! I am still reading about harddrives.
I could be wrong but I think you have to use the start up dvd in combination
with time machine to be bootable as usual if I'm wrong someone will correct
me.
You do have to use the startup dvd, but you don't have to reinstall or anything. It is extremely fast and, when I was unable to open any of my CCC backups, it proved invaluable.
Moderator Headphoneus Supremus: Moderator and SHAman who knew of Head-Fi ten years prior to its existence
I just picked up one of these:
Great unit. Quad system (USB2, eSata, FW400/800) very quiet, looks nice and is very solid. Also comes with enough cables to cover the cost of the case alone! I then picked up my own drive (Seagate 1TB).
I prefer to "roll my own" but if I were going with something complete I would go with:
Linear Mode
