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Originally Posted by Ronald Epstein
Dave,
I have to pick just one method of backup.
I have one external drive available and just need one program
that will back up easily and restore my computer after most any
catastrophe.
Time Machine? Carbon Copy Cloner? Super Duper?
Pick one. I'll use it.
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Well, here's my opinion of backups at this time. Given you want to do it just before an Erase and Install of Leopard.
My first choice would be to use Disk Utility (DU). By using DU I would feel more confident everything is copied right since no programs or system files (the OS) are running when creating a cloned startup backup.
1. Put in Leopard disk and restart holding down the
C key during startup to boot from the disk.
2. Once it's started choose Disk Utility on the menu bar. Hilight your the drive you want to clone (source drive/volume), click the
Restore tab.
3. Drag the source drive/volume to the source field, drag the drive/volume to make a clone on to the destination field and check "Erase Destination" (make sure nothings on the destination drive/volume you need to keep.
4. Click Restore.
After it's done you'll have an external bootable clone, then you can test it. If it works commence to do an erase and install of Leopard.
My second choice (at this current time) is a tie between Superduper and CCC. As long as you restart holding the
Shift key down to boot into safe mode having minimal processes running as possible (recommended in SD's help). It seems SD can backup Leopard okay but not compatible to smart update. CCC is suppose to be fully compatible, I'm just not sure now compatable since the latest released was before Leopard was released. Once SD is fully compatible I'd choose SD before CCC (I just feel more comfortable with SD).
My third choice would be Time Machine. Not bootable.