Steps to Copy Existing Hard Drive

Hi. I just bought 2 Maxtor 500GB internal SATA hard drives. I have a Power Mac G5 Dual 2.3GHz purchased April 2006. It has an existing 250 GB hard drive. I also have a Seagate Firewire 250GB External HD. Would anyone be willing to map out the step by step process of installing the 2 new 500GB HD without losing any data? No need for Serial RAID or any of that. Install one, copy to that and then install the other? I pretty much use the Mac for Business- MS Offfice, Internet Banking and email, large Music Files and future plans for Logic Music files. I know how to physically install the units. But then what....? Your help-advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Hello! You have some good advice here and I would add that along with SuperDuper and Carbon Copy Cloner apps to clone with you can also use Kappy's instructions below. Always boot from the clone to make sure it boots ok. The process involves copying millions of files so there's always a possibility that everything isn't perfect so boot with the clone to make sure it's bootable. Better sooner than later as you wouldn't want to wait until a crash to find out if it's bootable. Also I recommend multiple clones with alternating dates. If you clone a system that becomes unstable 10 minutes after you've finished cloning then your current system as well as the clone may be corrupt. I note this because it happened to me. Tom
Kappy's Steps to Produce a bootable clone
Prep external FW drive:
1. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
2. Select the backup or destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (journaled, if available) and click on the Erase button. This step can be skipped if the destination has already been freshly erased.
4. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
5. Select the backup or destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
6. Select the startup or source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
7. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
8. Select the destination drive on the Desktop and press COMMAND-I to open the Get Info window. At the bottom in the Ownership and Permissions section be sure the box labeled "Ignore Permissions on this Volume" is unchecked. Verify the settings for Ownership and Permissions as follows: Owner=system with read/write; Group=admin with read/write; Other with read-only. If they are not correct then reset them.
For added precaution you can boot into safe mode before doing the clone.

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brvideo wrote:
Everytime I try using DISC UTILITY, it first tells me it can't it, that I have to use some type of
special journaling, but their is only one choice in the drop down for that field. I then try again
after I get the error message, and it appears to begin making the partition.
But then it hangs, forever. 24 hours or more and never stops.
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Boot from the clone, then use Disk Utility on it to do a +Repair Disk+ (not permissions) on your internal HD. If that finds errors it can't fix, keep running it until it fixes all of them or can't fix any more.
In that case, you might be able to fix it with a heavy-duty 3rd-party disk repair app, like DiskWarrior. It's about $100 and it (and other similar apps) are available via Google, VersionTracker.com, MacUpdate.com, etc.
Instead of the clone, you can boot from your Leopard Install disc, and select your language when prompted. Then on the next screen, select Utilities from the Menubar, then +Disk Utility.+ Use that copy of DU to do the +Repair Disk.+
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pres92 wrote:
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24Golfer wrote:
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