clone hardrive video question

[perlsyntax]

I was watching this o n youtube and i got a few question.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAXFYCF84aM&index=5&list=UUeecqT-WWDnItHmekZD2M1w

I take it i need to get a clone device to do this?

Is this a esy wait to do it to make sure your drive boots up?

I didn't know i can do this way?

 

[maflynn]

Personally, I'd use Carbon Copy Cloner - its a simple but powerful app that can clone your drive.

 

[IowaLynn]

Personally, I'd use Carbon Copy Cloner - its a simple but powerful app that can clone your drive.

+1

https://bombich.com/features

 

[firedept]

Another vote for Carbon Copy Cloner. Worth every penny.

 

[m4v3r1ck]

CCC is the best!

+1

Count me in for the Carbon Copy Cloner camp!

Best euro 34 ever spend on software. Saved my bacon a lot of times, after updated or even clean installs I had to fall back on my CCC external and BOOTABLE clone on eSATA HDD.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

 

[perlsyntax]

+1

Count me in for the Carbon Copy Cloner camp!

Best euro 34 ever spend on software. Saved my bacon a lot of times, after updated or even clean installs I had to fall back on my CCC external and BOOTABLE clone on eSATA HDD.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Wow after look at it i was thinking be a good idea a lot of tools

 

[NOTNlCE]

Very excellent software. They offer an EDU discount, if that applies to you. Worth every penny.

 

[crjackson2134]

For all those using CCC I have a question.

When you want to make an exact copy of your drive, does CCC save your launchpad folder layout. I.E. you organize your Apps. into Folders grouped by category.

I tried CCC but was put off when the resulting clone didn't keep everything organized as intended. Did I do something wrong, or is it just a characteristic of CCC to just dump all Apps. into Launchpad and throw out the folders?

I finally used the DU from booting to the restore utilities and it worked perfectly. It let me move to a smaller drive and retained everything perfectly (which was my goal). DU and CCC were the only tools I could find that would let me move to a smaller drive.

 

[m4v3r1ck]

I have the latest version of CCC and yes, it makes an excact 1:1 clone! When I boot of my CCC external eSATA HHD, it's as if I'm working of my DUO x2 SSD, only slower performance!

 

[crjackson2134]

I have the latest version of CCC and yes, it makes an excact 1:1 clone! When I boot of my CCC external eSATA HHD, it's as if I'm working of my DUO x2 SSD, only slower performance!

I guess I didn't use it properly. It was the trial version. Had it performed as desired I would have made the purchase. The only time I clone is generally when deploying a new drive, but not many applications can handle full disk cloning to a smaller drive. I discovered that DU does this quite well, but it's pretty slow. I'll have another look at CCC the next time I need to do this again.

 

[m4v3r1ck]

I guess I didn't use it properly. It was the trial version. Had it performed as desired I would have made the purchase. The only time I clone is generally when deploying a new drive, but not many applications can handle full disk cloning to a smaller drive. I discovered that DU does this quite well, but it's pretty slow. I'll have another look at CCC the next time I need to do this again.

It has a set of fully automated series of backups:

1. Every hour the first CCC (incremental) sequence to external HDD enclosure is made
2. Then it automatically switches to each of the next incremental backup internal/external etc etc

So it manages 4 incremental backup sequences each hour. The last backup sequence manages my MAC_RAID0 internal HDD to an external Synology DS1812+ (DSM 5.1 5022 update 4) for my photo and video backups.

Very happy and a no brainer backup solution!

Cheers and do have a closer look at Carbon Copy Cloner!