Mirroring your harddrive onto an external disk..

what are the steps one needs to take to back up a mirror of their comp onto an external disk??
thanks

I tried CCC and SilverKeeper and neither would work initially with Tiger, so I tried SuperDuper and have never looked back.
Yes, it costs $30, but it is well worth it just for the scheduling and Smart Update. I can update my clone in 10 minutes instead of having to take almost an hour. It saves that much time.
Get a good quality FireWire drive with the Oxford 911 chipset and use SD. You will have everything you need.

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