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Totally new and I know nothing and need help
I have an iMac, time machine, superduper and a brand new Lacie external drive 500 GB. I would like to use superduper for cloaning purposes and time machine for incremental backups. I read the SD manuel and also looked at every post on the SD discussions. Can someone please take me step by step through what I should do. I imagine I need to partition the Lacie for SD and TM but I do not know how to do that and I do not know how many GB to put into each partition. I am a neurologist and I missed this day in medical school. Please help with step-by-step directions. I thank you and my patients thank you.
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Well, how large is the drive you want to back up on your iMac?
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New Member: Similar Question!
I too am a neophyte when it comes to 'Backing Up' my iMac loaded with Adobe PS/Bridge etc etc etc. and would appreciate helpful procedural info from readers of this forum on creating a bootable backup. Of course 'Updates' would also be required. I understand that everytone has their own special problem and the experts here know that it is super easy with Super Duper, but right now yer talk'n to, well, someone who doesn't know anything about backing up and is a first time user who desires to get it right the first time (HA!)! Here's the specifics:
iMac 10.4.11 450Gb/70Gb used New LaCie 500Gb HD partitioned 250/250 Retrospect Express Super Duper (purchased edition) My intention in partitioning the HD was to have photos and Adobe software on one side and system and personal files on the other???? I will likely install Leopard within 6 months, so I'll need to know what to do with that. Finally, it would certainly be BEST if you can stop in and get it going for me! Gratefully, Chrlz |
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Well, if you only have one iMac without partitions, you shouldn't partition the destination. Then, simply follow the steps in the first few sections of the User's Guide -- lots of screen shots and hand holding...
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Partitioning to use one volume as a scratch disk is fine -- I just don't think you should try to divide your source files into "Photos" and "other stuff" if they reside on a single drive on the source...
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On the other hand RonaldPR suggested not to do anything except save everything to the Lacie HD and let it be (if I understand him correctly. I still need to know if I will be able to boot from the Lacie. I've heard this has to be done correctly??? But how??? Finally, I will read the Manual!! Great advice! Chrlz |
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Why partition your iMac HD? There is no need to do that. Everything will work fine as long as you keep enough empty space on your HD for the system to do what it needs to do. Keep it simple.
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