OS and cloning

Am I correct to assume that upon cloning my Internal Drive (externally) I am also duplicating the OS?
If so!!!
Do I need to reinstall the OS on another virgin internal drive when re-copying in case of an upgrade (to a larger, faster drive than the initial onboard one)?
Input will be appreciated
Thanx

chidiar wrote:
Am I correct to assume that upon cloning my Internal Drive (externally) I am also duplicating the OS?
yes, a clone will copy everything.
If so!!!
Do I need to reinstall the OS on another virgin internal drive when re-copying in case of an upgrade (to a larger, faster drive than the initial onboard one)?
no, you don't need to install the OS on the new drive first. just clone the current drive to the new one. Use CCCloner or Superduper for the task.
Input will be appreciated
Thanx

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royalboob wrote:
I then proceeded to erase my system drive and copy across the backed up clone.
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Mickael
I see nothing wrong with using disk utility to do what you want. If I'm correct, you can only create a disk image with disk utility, so it will not be bootable. It will accomplish the same goal as other software to restore as you described. The advantage to cloning you drive with the other applications is that you will be able to boot from the external drive if problems arise. Both applications are free to download.
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Note: I though you needed a disk image to restore from, but I was wrong. You can do a restore from the drive itself.
As i said, I see no problem. It's your choice.
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Message was edited by: Glenn Leblanc

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I tried disk utility to create a restore image. But when I select destination, disk utility says it will erase my drive. Is there a way using disk utility to Crete a ghost image of my boot partition without erasing my external drive? Much like Norton ghost does.
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