Howto backup, multiple hard disks ?!

In few weeks I'll get my new MacBook Pro (512 GB SSD) , Now I'm using Windows Vista + 512 GB internal hard disk which contain docs, photos, video, ...
I'm thinking what I need for new backup and I wouldn't like to load many data into my macbook so I'm thinking to buy new 2.5 hdd 1 TB where I can save my data of windows hdd and I would use it as expansion data for mac.
Then Iìll buy new external hdd 3.5" of 2 TB for all backup.... too much disk!?!?!?! What do you think ?

To connect multiple USB hard drives to the 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBSn), you just need to use a USB hub.

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One of the first things I noticed is that the footprint of OS X is quite large after installing a bunch of new apps, putting my music and photo collection on the hard disk I started to worry about space.
I have multiple external hard drives for back ups and storage but I want regular and immediate access to photos, files, and music so I've ruled out storing things on external drives because they are not always on.
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Can I create multiple bootable back up partitions and then customize them for particular tasks and just boot from those external partitions whenever I need to engage in a particular task?
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I'm thinking of making another external partition for my windows virtual machine which also takes up lots of space.
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jimndeb,
Let me explain my setup. I have my OS, and all applications installed on the internal hard drive. Just as you mentioned, I also store all my music and photos on the internal drive as well, so I have access to them when I carry my machine with me.
I then have a second external hard drive, where I store movie files and other large files to preserve space on my internal drive. This drive also has a second copy of OS X installed on it. The only time I boot off of the external drive was to repair/debug a problem with the main drive, or to test a software update. I never made a habit of booting off the external drive because it was noticeably slower.
On my first Powerbook (G4, 667 mhz) I had a 30gb hard drive, and was very space conscious. I used to keep non critical applications such as Final Cut Express or Adobe Elements on this second drive, as to not eat up space on my primary drive. So, in this situation I would boot off of the internal drive, but run programs that were installed on the external drive. This way, my OS was not suffering from throughput slowdowns, but my individual applications were.
On my new Macbook Pro, I have given up storing programs on the external drive. With a 120 gb hard drive, I decided that that few hundred megabytes or even a gig or two of hard drive space was not worth moving the applications to the external drive. I concluded that it was not the programs themselves that were filling my harddrive, but rather the media files.
So, back to your situation. Yes, you could have an OS installed on your external drive, with particular apps and files stored with this OS. I'm not sure there are any benefits (or requirements for that matter) of having the OS and apps on the same partition. I believe you could run a setup similar to what I used to, where your booting OS is internal and your applications reside on the external drive.
As a note to your original message, I am not sure if you can have multiple OS X installations on different partitions of a drive. I have never tried it, but I know partition support seems to have improved with Intel machines (in order for boot camp to work).
Hope this helps,
Josh

Can I use the time capsule as backup and hard disk at the same time?

Hi.
I want to buy a time capsule.
I wondered, if I can use the time capsule as backup (over time machine) and as a hard disk at the same time?
If I buy the 2TB time capsule, I wanted to use 1TB for the backup and 1TB for hard disk.
Is this possible?
Best wishes
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It is not recommended.. the problem being anything stored on the TC only is not backed up and cannot be backed up by the TC itself or Time Machine. So what are you going to do about back.. the TC can and do die suddenly.. and the cost of recovery can be huge.
See Q3 here for the semi-right way to do it if you must.
http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html
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Firefox 17.0.1 cache activity on multiple hard disks?

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I'm only using few extensions (that I've been using on my previous setup as well).
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* [[Profiles]]
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* http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable
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As for finding out what Firefox is doing, you can use Process Monitor. Create a filter for Process name: ''firefox.exe'', then open the '''Tools''' menu and choose '''File Summary''' to examine disk activity.
* http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx

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+I have a complete backup of Music folder, iTunes folder, iTunes library files etc.+
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Hey you guys,
I got a little issue. I'm sure it requires a somewhat simple solution but I tried to google and do more research on my issue and I have found nothing. It's probably because I'm not using the right keywords . Anyways, I installed arch on my main hd, it is a sata drive, and I have installed freeBSD on another hd, an ide drive. When I try to boot arch with both hd's plugged in I get a kernel panic error after init tries to run. This happens even if my bios is set to have the arch hd as the main priority for booting. When I manually unplug the freebsd hd from the motherboard, I can boot arch successfully. Now when I have both plugged in again and I have the hd with freeBSD as a priority for booting, it boots successfully. I was wondering if there is a way to just switch from one hd to another on my bios without having to manually disconnect one hd in order for arch to boot properly. I'm guessing there's a certain configuration on arch's side that I can modify to ignore the other hd when booting. If the full panic error is needed, let me know and I'll reply with the info. Thanks in advance.

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http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Con … mkinitcpio
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so only have sata in hooks
then either
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or
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as arch recognizes ide as sda now
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Okay guys, currently, i'm using Tiger version 10.4.11. My problem is that i cant edit data or write data to any external hard disks, like the maxtor One Touch and so on. Only thing i can do is to extract the data from the disks. I have tried to write on multiple hard disks but in all my attempts i have failed. i've tried to edit my network settings, but no results.
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Hello, yea.. thanks man =)
Basically, its a shared hard disk between my macbook and a windows PC. So i kinda use the PC to write all my backups and data on the hard disk.
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Its connected via USB, same as all the other ones i have.
eh. the get info for it says
Kind: Volume
Created: --
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Capacity: 232.88 GB
Available: 232.57 GB
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HT1175 How do you back up additional hard disks to time capsule? Which disks etc. to you choose?

How do you back up additional hard disks to time capsule? Which disks etc. to you choose?

I can read your question a number of ways.
If you mean a disk plugged into your computer you wish to include in Time Machine backup.. just make sure it is HFS+ formatted and remove it from the exclusion list in the TM preferences.
If you mean a disk plugged into your TC for backup,
You can plug a USB disk into a Time Capsule as long as it is compatible.. and the disk is formatted HFS+, ie Mac OS extended Journaled.
You need a USB powered hub if you want to use multiple hard disks and even one might still need a hub.
Not all external drives are recogised but for example the Touro Deskpro works fine.
You can buy them up to 4TB.. how much added space do you want.
Also notice that USB 2 on a TC or AE is slow.. I mean half the speed of the same disk plugged into your computer so consider if speed is relevant to you.
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Sluggish loading of applications.
System freezes and hangs.
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OmniDiskSweeper
WhatSize
SpaceControl
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Select your language.
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triggs.

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