Disk Utility Help

[lavarock09]

Hey,

I have a G3 iMac with Mac OS X running quite happily, however quite slow.

Using Disk Utility in Application/Utilities...I am creating a backup of the HD on an external Harddrive.

I have a question, how can I put this backup onto a new and bigger harddrive? Is it a simple process or what?

Thanks,
Chris

 

[bobw]

Use SuperDuper to clone the internal drive.

 

[lavarock09]

Use SuperDuper to clone the internal drive.

Thanks, I'll try that.

But I have a question. When I have done the backup, how do I put it onto a bigger HD? Is it just a case of copying and pasting onto the new hd from a Windows PC...? Or what?

Thanks,
Chris

 

[jcooke]

I'm not sure it would work on a Windows Computer, but it will work on any mac.

 

[Natobasso]

Get bootcamp or parallels and you can keep your mac and run a pc system all at the same time.

 

[jcooke]

And the new Mac system, Mac OS 10.5 will have a built in backup utility.

 

[jbarley]

Thanks, I'll try that.

But I have a question. When I have done the backup, how do I put it onto a bigger HD? Is it just a case of copying and pasting onto the new hd from a Windows PC...? Or what?

Thanks,
Chris

If your external backup drive is "Firewire", and you follow BobW's advice and "clone" your internal drive to the external.
You would then install your new and larger drive into your computer, boot from the external by pressing the "Option" key while powering on, and after you've partitioned and formatted the newly installed drive using Disk Utility, all that remains is to "clone" the firewire external drive back to the newly installed and formatted internal drive.

This almost takes longer to explain then it does to do it.

jb