Forum: General
10-31-2010, 06:10 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 24,195
Well, it happened again. I keep most of my data...
Well, it happened again. I keep most of my data on an external nonboot drive and that's what I back up regularly - almost daily to my "usual" backup target and every month or two or three to a 2nd...
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Forum: General
09-09-2010, 05:40 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 24,195
is there a way to tell if SD! is hanging?
Along these lines - is there a way to tell whether SD! has hung when the progress bar doesn't move and the number of files read isn't being updated? Can I trust Activity Monitor to tell me if SD!...
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Forum: General
09-12-2009, 01:50 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 8,117
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Forum: General
09-05-2009, 04:02 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 8,309
how about panther?
My two oldest computers are running Panther and have modest memory and speed, so I'm not likely to upgrade them to Tiger. Will they read data stored on a GUID partitioned disk?
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Forum: General
09-02-2009, 05:49 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 8,309
Yet another partition scheme question
I'm sure you get tired of GUID vs. APL partition scheme ?'s, but here goes.
If I want to back up data (not make a bootable drive) between a partition on a drive formatted GUID and another...
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Forum: General
05-28-2008, 12:06 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 16,796
Did the script actually alter the backup drive?
When I wrote the original post, I was running SuperDuper! from my son's Tiger-running computer and backing up his computer to his external drive. Since then I myself have finally upgraded to Tiger...
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Forum: General
05-09-2008, 10:48 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 5,814
Can I use Panther version to clone Tiger drive?
I've got three different operating systems (well, four if you count OS 9) on 3 internal drives (I never throw anything out);)
So as not to be backing up active processes, I usually boot from a...
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Forum: General
03-20-2008, 04:05 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 8,746
Other World Computing has the adapters
I got my drive adapter at Other World Computing (macsales.com) - search for "drive adapter." Several members of our user group like theirs a lot (and then there are members like me who got an...
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Forum: General
03-20-2008, 01:07 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 8,746
If I clone in USB2, can I boot in Firewire?
Hi, I have a G4 PPC and I just installed a new USB 2 card. Since I have firewire, I don't know why I would ever clone by connecting the backup drive via USB2 instead of firewire*, but say I did. ...
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Forum: General
12-31-2006, 05:06 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 9,643
didn't quit active processes
My user group tech gurus tell me that I should be sure to quit active processes before cloning my volume (SD resides on the volume with the active processes). So, I usually go into activity monitor...
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Forum: General
04-08-2006, 12:26 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 11,246
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Forum: General
08-18-2005, 06:42 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 9,911
name of cloned volume question
I'm not sure if this is a "Tiger thing," but...
My source drive is named "my hd". I named my clone "back up". When I activate the startup manager to boot from the clone on the fly, two drives...
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Forum: General
08-18-2005, 12:00 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 16,796
Can't add cloned vol to Spotlight privacy section
I used the disable spotlight after cloning script. Before cloning I'd dragged the target volume to the privacy section of the spotlight preferences. After cloning, the target colume had disappeared...
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