I am fearing that my main Mac hard drive is on its last leg and I would like
to "mirror copy" it if possible onto a new drive. I have Pro Tools LE, OS9,
and various plug-ins etc on this drive. I would tend to think that maybe
mirror copying this stuff would not be possible because then it would be
easy for people to make multiple copies of programs and thus potentially
"steal" software this way. Of course I can always install all the software
from scratch on my new drive (have all the install disks), but that is just
a super long time consuming project that I'd love to avoid if at all
possible. I have everything set up on my current drive perfectly, tons of
setting, extensions, etc... all perfected after years of fooling with it.
I'd hate to think that I will need to go through this all over again, from
scratch. So, if anyone knows of a way to "back-up" (mirror copy) my current
hard drive to another, I would love to hear how to do it. Even if I am able
to just mirror copy part of it... anything to save time and aggravation
would be a good thing. thanks

WideGlide wrote:

I am fearing that my main Mac hard drive is on its last
leg and I would like to "mirror copy" it if possible

Standard backup software that can restore a system should be able to do
what you want to do. It was like that on the Amiga, it is like that on
the PC, it is very unlikely that the mac will differ greatly in this
respect.


Kind regards

Peter Larsen



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try a share ware program called carbon copy cloner.

On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, WideGlide wrote:

I am fearing that my main Mac hard drive is on its last leg and I would like
to "mirror copy" it if possible onto a new drive. I have Pro Tools LE, OS9,
and various plug-ins etc on this drive. I would tend to think that maybe
mirror copying this stuff would not be possible because then it would be
easy for people to make multiple copies of programs and thus potentially
"steal" software this way. Of course I can always install all the software

You can use DiskFit Pro to do this. It was put out by Dantz. This link
tells me they replaced it by Retrospect:

http://www.dantz.com/index.php3?SCRE...KBASE&id=26629

I never used Retrospect because the Norton CD I bought that included it
never worked - "wrong serial number" error. I like DiskFit Pro ad still
use it on my up to OS 9.2.2 machines.

However, special authorizations (the ones Digi used - I forget the name
and similar) will not be backed up by DiskFit Pro. You'll want to
uninstall those authorizations if applicable.

Doug

MHLINE wrote:

try a share ware program called carbon copy cloner.

Isn't CCC OSX only?

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ha

WideGlide wrote:

I am fearing that my main Mac hard drive is on its last leg and I would like
to "mirror copy" it if possible onto a new drive.

Go into the DAW-Mac archives at yahoo and search out "the Monte", a
process for doing what you're after.

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ha

OS9, right? Doug mentions some good things, but as long as you've got
serial numbers (and installers should you need 'em) you can do a
straight Finder-copy of everything.

I do it all the time to support 150 OS-9 macs in a publishing
environment. only a few things require the entry of a serial number
but nothing needs a re-install. Some pro audio apps and plug-in
packages might be different.

i say go for it. pop a new drive in there, copy it, remove the old,
reauthorize if you need to, fall back to your original drive if you
must.

One other thing to remember is that one of the coolest things about Mac
is that you can boot from a CD-ROM in emergency.

Burn a CD of your System folder and a few disk utilities and other
vital stuff before doing major surgery on your Mac.

Worst case, you can boot from the CD, using your customized tweaked OS.

I am fearing that my main Mac hard drive is on its last leg and I would like
to "mirror copy" it if possible onto a new drive. I have Pro Tools LE, OS9,
and various plug-ins etc on this drive. I would tend to think that maybe
mirror copying this stuff would not be possible because then it would be
easy for people to make multiple copies of programs and thus potentially
"steal" software this way. BRBR


Even if you mirror copy the drive, it is likely that your authorizations will
need to be re-done anyway. Copy protection schemes usually account for you
doing this.

The *EASIEST* way to copy your stuff today is by using an OSX boot CD for ver
10.3 or higher. Install your new blank hard drive in the machine, boot from
the X 10.3 CD. Instead of running the installer, switch over to Disk Utility
format the new disk (check the install OS9 drivers box) and use the "Restore"
button. Use your old hard drive as the source and the new one as the target.
Hit the Restore button and it will copy everything over. It works with firewire
and computer to computer in target disk mode (firewire mode) so it makes it
really easy to move stuff to a new disk or a whole new computer.


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Sorry, no e-Mail.
Spam forgeries have resulted in thousands of faked bounces to my address.

In article ,
(hank alrich) wrote:

MHLINE wrote:

try a share ware program called carbon copy cloner.

Isn't CCC OSX only?

Yes - but a suggestion earlier on to boot the machine with a Panther CD
would enable you to use Carbon Copy Cloner.

Sequence would be:

Boot the machine to the old OS9 drive to allow you to insert the Panther CD.

Boot to the Panther CD (Restart, while holding down the C key).

Runn CCC once the machine is running under OS10.3.

Select the source drive (your old OS9 drive)

Select the target drive (your new drive)

Press the copy button.

Push off and have a cup of tea.

Come back when the transfer is finished.

In the Panther System Preferences select the Startup drive pane and select
your new disc as the boot drive.

Restart and start work.

God luck!

Howdy Hank!

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Mike Clayton

In article ,
nuke wrote:
I am fearing that my main Mac hard drive is on its last leg and I would like
to "mirror copy" it if possible onto a new drive. I have Pro Tools LE, OS9,
and various plug-ins etc on this drive. I would tend to think that maybe
mirror copying this stuff would not be possible because then it would be
easy for people to make multiple copies of programs and thus potentially
"steal" software this way. BRBR

Even if you mirror copy the drive, it is likely that your authorizations will
need to be re-done anyway. Copy protection schemes usually account for you
doing this.

Again, look on the daw-mac archives for "the Monte" and follow the
directions. It'll work with 'old world' copy protection that is used
with OS9 software. It won't let you pirate stuff, but you can back up
the software and the keys in one simple step. I've been using it for
quite a long time now.

You can't transfer your install to a new drive, but if you have an
image backup and your current drive 'croaks', more often than not, you
can reload the software onto the 'dead' drive and the drive's bad
block remapping will get you up and running one more time. This 'one
more time' thing seemed to stretch over about 3-4 years for me, but my
drive probably wan't actually dying. Filesystems and boot blocks seem
to accumulate digital dust under OS9 though, so a full restore every
so often seems to help out, just to clear the cobwebs.

If you have problems finding it, email me and I'll send it along.
FWIW, it'll do nothing useful for you in OSX, nor do you need any such
thing in OSX now that the copy protection is USB dongle based and the
filesystems and binaries don't get trashed upon every crash.


Best of luck,

Monte McGuire