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Hi.
Does anybody know if the cloning, booting and restoring is possible with the Trial-Version of SuperDuper?

And: Do I have to have a clean partition for that or can I just use space on my external hdd when doing that? (I've only one big partition on my 250GB external HDD, with ~100GB filled and I want to clone my internal 80GB HDD there for replacing it with a bigger one).

Thanks,
Fritz
 
kaeptn said:
Hi.
Does anybody know if the cloning, booting and restoring is possible with the Trial-Version of SuperDuper?
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I know, and the answer is yes. That is what I used. It took a long time (subjective) to complete the clone, over 1 1/2 hours, but when it was finally finished, I swapped the drives and the new 160 gig Seagate from newegg for $119 shipped booted the MB without a problem. It seemed like to booted a little faster than before. The drive itself is silent.
 
can someone link me in the direction of making an enclosure?

I plan on replacing my HDD for a new one... but dont know how to get the data off it onto the new one...
 
Right, did a bit of looking and I can get a reasonable enclosure.

Ive picked my HD. Seagate Momentus 5400.3 160GB.

Now, is it better to use Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper?

And, could someone give me a step by step guide? I've never cloned a drive onto a new one. (Adding Ram and a HD in the MacPro and swapping PCI cards are about all I've done :eek: )

Thanks to those who decide to help me out.
 
flopticalcube said:
For Intel machines I recommend SuperDuper! and that is coming from a CCC user. CCC is only Universal in beta form and has a few problems.
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I had no problems using the non-universal version cloning my stock 80GB drive in my C2D. Cloned it perfectly to the 160GB SATA WD Passport, which found its way out of that black plastic case and into the MB.
 
Willis said:
Right, did a bit of looking and I can get a reasonable enclosure.

Ive picked my HD. Seagate Momentus 5400.3 160GB.

Now, is it better to use Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper?

And, could someone give me a step by step guide? I've never cloned a drive onto a new one. (Adding Ram and a HD in the MacPro and swapping PCI cards are about all I've done :eek: )

Thanks to those who decide to help me out.
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Here is what I did, I just upgraded last night, different drive but I listed everything that I did.
 
cyclingplatypus said:
Here is what I did, I just upgraded last night, different drive but I listed everything that I did.
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thanks for that. I already know how to change drives. What I dont know is cloning. Which is the best way to do it? What do I need to do to the drive before I do anything to it at all?!

PS. I've got my enclosure, just waiting for the HDD. Thing is, I go on holiday for a week, so I will probs have a window of two days to get it all done...

EDIT: I found this... is that basically it?!
 
First you want to mount the drive and then open Disk Utilities and Erase (Format) to Mac OS Extended Journaled and then fire up CCC and in the lower left is a padlock, click on that, enter your system password and then it'll allow you to click on the Clone button, then you wait while it clones, that's it.
 
cyclingplatypus said:
First you want to mount the drive and then open Disk Utilities and Erase (Format) to Mac OS Extended Journaled and then fire up CCC and in the lower left is a padlock, click on that, enter your system password and then it'll allow you to click on the Clone button, then you wait while it clones, that's it.
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champion... thanks alot! So, format drive, CCC, clone, swap drives... boom?
 
conflicttheory said:
Can anyone recommend a good Canadian supplier , I am looking at up grading my HDD in a few paycheques . I am thinking at least 160 or 200gb.

Thanks
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Costco has the WD Passport 160gb external drive for $136, in July there's a coupon for an additional $20 off. Just copy your drive over with Superduper, pop the drive out of the Passport, put it in your Macbook. Put the Macbook drive into the Passport enclosure. You're done.
 
drake said:
Costco has the WD Passport 160gb external drive for $136, in July there's a coupon for an additional $20 off. Just copy your drive over with Superduper, pop the drive out of the Passport, put it in your Macbook. Put the Macbook drive into the Passport enclosure. You're done.
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Thanks,

I managed to pick up a WD SCORPIO 2.5 250GB SATA 5400 8MB 12MS hard drive for $200 Cdn. I will get it in sometime next week.
 
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