How to create a backup image in Tiger?

Is creating a back up image of my laptop as simply as booting up to disk utility, clicking the hard drive on the left, clicking "new image" from the disk utility menu and saving it to my external drive?
Also, will this erase the other items on my external drive?
Thanks in advance

*Hi UMich..., Welcome (Back)* to Apple's Users Help Users Forums.
Wow, that was fast. You must have already had CCC on hand or live across the street from CCC provider. I happen to use SD but they seem similar. Now your anxiety level can go down when you do an Update / Upgrade.
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.
Be sure to test that the clone boots and apps behave properly.
Here are other popular cloners.
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
Good Luck, JP

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