Bootable External HD - How to do it?

I want to add an additional HD ( probably 500-1000GB ) either internal or external. First, will the internal HD be automatically bootable? External, same question? If not, how do you make them bootable?

Hi yvonnejim;
Neither an internal nor an external drive will be automatically bootable. In order to be made bootable a copy of the operating system will have to be installed on them.
Why do you want all of the drives to be bootable? I only have a single drive that it bootable for my normal production work. All of my other drives are simply data drives.
Allan

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Do I transfer everything over? iOS was Snow Leopard. (my folks computer)
I was thinking of partioning their new computer and copying SuperDuper! bootable external with all their files onto new computer, then wipe out external and start indexing with Time Machine (to external). Log into empty side of partition and let Time Machine start copying from external to restore everything.
Do I have this all wrong? I've never had to restore like this, especially from different iOs'. (I have a Time Machine and a SuperDuper! external for my computer although I've never had to use it.)
Please advise! I'm going to their house shortly! Thank you!

Use the external drive to make a bootable clone of the hard drive using Disk Utility, not SuperDuper. Be sure you first erase the external drive.
Clone Lion/Mountain Lion using Restore Option of Disk Utility
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
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     2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
     3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
     4. Check the box labeled Erase destination.
     5. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it
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Create Full HD Backup to encrypted bootable external drive

I have used SuperDuper to copy my internal HD to a bootable external drive configured with a 300 GB partition. Now I want to go one step further by creating that same backup but this time I want my external data to be encrypted for added security. I do not care if the OS and Applications files are encrypted as long as I can encrypt my home folder.
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2) If not, can I accomplish what I want using a Macbook Pro utility e.g. Disk Utility and perhaps
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If yes, will my external drive now be bootable still?
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Turn on Filevault, then use SuperDuper.

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Running 10.6.8 on a 27" 2009 iMac with a bootable external HD also running 10.6.8.
For the internal HD (1TB, 680GB used), I use TM to backup to external HD (1TB). No problem.
For the bootable external HD (called "CupCake," 500GB, 200GB used), it tells me that the external HD that I'm trying to backup to (called "CC TM," 500GB, empty), is too small for the 800GB data. I assume that 680 + 200 = 800GB, TM is trying backup the internal HD and CupCake. I want to backup CupCake alone to CC TM.
How do I get TM to backup only the external HD?
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I would suggest CarbonCopyClone ($40 download) to backup an external drive. It allows you to select the source and destination drives, and makes bootable clones which I would suggest doing for your intern drive. A bootable clone is a good "usable backup" when your internal drive fails (it will eventually fail).
SuperDuper also clones, but does not save the RecoveryPartition like CCC does (at least so is reported).

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My MacBook Pro hard drive is almost full and I wish to store my Aperture Library on an external drive, how do I do this and is the use of USB2 suitable or do I need to use a Firewire external hard drive?

You'll get better performance if you use a Firewire hard drive (especially if you buy a 7200 RPM drive). Firewire's IO speed is significantly faster than USB 2. USB 2 has a theoretical max speed of 480 Mbps except that it has extremely high over-head. The fastest speeds you can typically get are about 300 Mbps. Firewire, on the other hand, has very little overhead. The fastest speeds you can get are very nearly 800 Mbps. You will typically be constrained by the maximum read/write speed of the drive, not the speed of the I/O on the Firewire bus. Now if you had one of those nice shiny new Macs with the Thunderbolt I/O and a Thunderbolt drive (Light Peak) ... I think they alter space and time so that your data arrives before you know you want it.
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Holding down the option key when booting my iMac lo longer shows me my bootable external drives, the system just boots up to the main system. Also, holding down command, option,P,R no longer zaps the p-ram. the system just boots up.

Holding down the option key when booting my iMac lo longer shows me my bootable external drives, the system just boots up to the main system. Also, holding down command, option,P,R no longer zaps the p-ram. the system just boots up normally. Why do these key fonctions no longer work?

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first of all: WELCOME TO THE DISCUSSIONS!
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In order to get a bootable hard disk you have to buy a firewire disk (USB is not a bootable inteerface with MacOS X). Then you have to make a bootable clone from your internal hard disk to the external. You can use backup utilities such as Carbon Copy Cloner to achieve this.
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I have many photos on my computer. I have backed up the computer to an external harddrive. When I go into the external harddrive, how do I find the many albums I have stored/created in my iphoto library?

I have many photos on my computer. I have backed up the computer to an external harddrive. When I go into the external harddrive, how do I find the many albums I have stored/created in my iphoto library?

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