Can I move my system to a new HD without reinstalling?
I know that reinstalling the OS and all the apps will give cleaner results, and I know I shouldn't do this, but is there a way to copy the entire OS/application drive to a second HD and still have it work if I erase the original drive? Here's my situation:
I just bought a 500GB internal HD. I already have a 160 and a 400 installed inside the computer, and a 140GB Firewire drive. I want to replace the 160 with the new 500, but the 160 holds the system and applications. I really don't want to have to spend two days reinstalling everything. Is there anything I can do to, say, clone the 160, copy the files onto one of the other drives, replace the 160 with the 500, then copy the files onto the 500?
I'm worried about invisible files not being copied, or sections of files being copied onto sectors that are not where they can be read by the file. Should I be?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Lloyd
*Hi Lloyd, Welcome (back)* to Apple's Users Help Users Forums.
Retrospect has "backup" and "duplicate." BU makes sequential BUs that are not bootable. The last time I used it I had 19 levels. Duplicate is bootable IIRC.
Here are the sites of interest for cloning.
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
Purchase at $27.95 will allow smart backups that look at the bu files and only move over new ones. It's quick at ~7 mins to change ~1 gig out of 20. SD is not yet Leopard ready. This is what I use.
Be sure to test that the clone boots and apps behave properly.
Here are other recommended cloners.
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
http://www.prosofteng.com/products/drivegeniusinfo.php
http://propagandaprod.com/ for Deja Vu
Good Luck, JP
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