Different system drive and applications drive

Question

I recently added a Raptor Drive and wanted to use it as a system drive and then use my 160GB drive that came with the computer as an application drive.
Well after moving my stuff over to the Raptor Drive and tried to open Final Cut is said something to the effect that this was not the correct device or hardware. I think that is a feature of copy protection so you can't just copy Final Cut...you have to install it.
So here is my question...will I have to reinstall Final Cut and all my other programs from scratch if I continue with this process? It is already on the 160GB drive in the same machine. Seems like a huge inconvenience. Is there another way??
Thanks in advance
FatherTime
DP 2.0 G5 1GB RAM, iBook   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

Answer 1

I used Carbon Copy Cloner to clone my existing system drive onto the Raptor. That way, I didn't have to reinstall a single thing or have to reset any application preferences.
I had to pare down the size of my existing drive (which was a 500 GB model) so that I could clone to the Raptor. I got it down to about 70GB by moving items to another external drive and then did the clone.
So, my setup has the OS, Applications, and (most of) my user folder on the Raptor. I moved DVD Studio Pro's templates, GarageBand's and Soundtrack Pro's audio library, and LiveType's various items to the 500 GB drive. I also moved my iTunes library and my iPhoto library to the 500 GB drive. All of this allowed me to keep sufficient free space on the Raptor.
If you don't want to clone your hard drive to the Raptor, you could try dragging Final Cut Pro over. However, you'd also need to drag over the items in /Library/Application Support/Final Cut Pro System Support as well as the items in ~/Library/Preferences/Final Cut Pro User Data. And, there's still no guarantee that it'll work properly.
If you need to move other (non-Apple) applications to your other drive, you'll probably be OK in doing that. It's really only the Apple applications that need to remain in the /Applications folder.