[Ham-Mac] backups

[Bob Nielsen]

I also have an external WD USB drive which I bought before realizing  
that it wasn't bootable.  What are the options here?  I figured that  
if I had to restore, I could use the original OS X installation DVD  
to get a basic system running and then restore over that.  Is this  
practical?

I have done backups with both Carbon Copy Cloner and SuperDuper.  The  
latter looks quite easy to use and a full backup can be done without  
registering the program, although purchasing the registration unlocks  
many additional features.

Bob Nielsen, N7XY

On Jan 5, 2006, at 5:59 AM, Slater Tubman wrote:

> When I was in the Windoze world, I used tape backup and thankfully  
> never had a crash requiring backup.
>
> I have been in the real (Mac) world for a year and a half now, with  
> a G4 powerbook.  My wife's iMac G5 is networked with my machine.   
> Both running Tiger.
>
> I have a .Mac account and use Backup to do weekly backups of both  
> machines to a Western Digital external drive which is connected by  
> a USB setup.  Before you start screaming "USB!!!!", may I say that  
> the area computer shops did not have Firewire external drives in  
> stock when I was able to get to them (I live in a rural area) and  
> so took what they had.  I am able to backup fine using Backup, as  
> far as I know.
>
> My question is this:  Am I missing something obvious by not using a  
> different program?
>
> Slater Tubman