Just help with Drag & Drop into Backup

I would like to know what does a person do manually for using a backup hard drive.
Do I ... Drag and drop which of the following that will give me my all my stuff back - if my stuff is lost for some reason ..
Do I drop and drag the Application Folder, The Library Folder, The System X folder .... or which if not those ?
Thanks

Usually, a roll-you-own Clone works the best; since a good one
will allow you to boot the computer from the clone, for backup,
repair of main internal drive, and troubleshooting; large enough
one, can also be partitioned and part of it used for storage.
• Carbon Copy Cloner:
http://www.bombich.com/index.html
• SuperDuper:
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
On an externally enclosed hard disk drive,
with its own power supply; for most Macs.
ie: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/eSATAFW800_FW400USB
These should all be able to work to complement Time Machine, but do more.
A backup clone can get you up and running; and you can do complete or a
partial clone (backup changes) however a complete bootable one is best...
System parts should generally not be drag n dropped. Some backup libraries
of iTunes and iPhoto have their own rules for archiving or storage/retrieval or
use from an externally enclosed hard drive location.
Good luck & happy computing!

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alex74d wrote:
hello and thanks for your reply
but why you quote only the part of VLC?
One thing at a time. Occam's razor.
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i am sure that VLC can drag & drop subtitles or the movie in the player window.
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You can, however drop a movie onto the VLC icon in the dock. That works fine.
RealPlayer accepts a file dropped on it. I just checked it.
Not all apps accept a file on their output window. Usually only the input window.
i started my windows bootcamp partition before and i saw this works.
and i remember trying VLC in tiger a lot of years before, this was ok.
and yes of course it would be also normal to drop a picture in the photoshop canvas.
so what is not normal here is my problem, if u can help i'm happy if you cannot please don't confuse it more
(sorry if i sound "unclear", english is not my 1st languange)
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Message was edited by: nerowolfe

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