new MacBook, no FireWire

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Originally Posted by chris_johnsen

For bootable SD! backups, you should use the proper partition scheme for your hardware (GPT for Intel, APM for PPC). And since SD! only works with HFS+ volumes, that is the format (filesystem) you will need to use. Both the partitioning scheme and the format need to be correct for a bootable backup.

OK, thanks again, I think I'm getting there. However, can you clarify why you refer to GPT (partition scheme for Intel Macs), whereas the following replier (RonaldPR) said to use GUID for the same?

Just to see if I've got it right now:

I have an unused Maxtor USB HD (OneTouch III Mini Edition -- not Firewire but it should still work) that's pre-formatted for a PC (meaning it's FAT32-formatted, I guess?).

So to use it for backups for my Intel MacBook internal HD, I should run Disk Utility and:

(i) reformat the Maxtor drive as an HFS+ drive, and then
(ii) partition it using GPT (or GUID).

And then I'm good to go (i.e., I can actually do the backup) - ?