Norton Ghost for MAC?

[DRU777]

Is there a program for MAC that can mirror the hardrive image similar to Norton Ghost? So in case I need to reformat the drive I dont need to reinstall the softwares one by one.

[tdbur]

You could try Carbon Copy Cloner.. I use it in conjunction with an external firewire drive. I mirror the whole drive so when I need to reformat I just have to transfer over what I need.

[gonz]

Originally posted by DRU777
Is there a program for MAC that can mirror the hardrive image similar to Norton Ghost?

If you're using Panther (Mac OS X 10.3.x), Norton Ghost-like functionality is free and built into the operating system, in Disk Utility (Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility). You'll need an external hard drive.

Procedure in broad strokes:

1. Install Panther on the external hard drive.
2. Boot from external hard drive.
3. Launch Disk Utility (Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility
4. From the Image menu, select the command "New Image From Folder"
5. Select the top level of your internal hard drive.
6. Save it as a disk image (.dmg) on the external hard drive.
7. When the imaging is done, go back to the Image menu, select the command "Prepare Image for Restore," and select the disk image you just created.
8. Once done, your backup disk image is ready for use as a Restore source image.


To Restore from Disk Image:

1. Boot from external hard drive.
2. Launch Disk Utility.
3. Click the Restore tab.
4. Drag your source .dmg from the left column to the "Source" filed on the right.
5. Drag your target volume (i.e., your internal hard drive) from the left column to the "Destination" field on the right.
6. Enable the option to erase destination volume before restoring.
7. Click Restore.

Hope this helps. Please let me know if there are any questions.

[Kenneth]

Also another great thing you can do with Disk Utility, even if your .dmg file is on a different machine in a network, you can network restore from it. Very cool.

[DRU777]

How about backing it up to multiple CDRs?

[gonz]

Originally posted by DRU777
How about backing it up to multiple CDRs?

Considering that a typical installation of OS X 10.3.x, system + pre-installed apps already exceeds 2Gb, I don't think that CD-R's are the ideal medium on which to back up your hard drive.

Besides, you really need an external hard drive because you cannot be booted from the internal hard drive if you intend to back it up. There can be no open files on the volume to be backed up.

[piedad]

Any free and easy to use backup software that can work with Fat 32? I would like to be able to use my external hard drive in Fat32 mode so I can easily use it with windoze clients (without having to install macdrive or anything like that). What I just want is a good incremental backup software for my home folder, similar to Lacie's SilverBackup but works in fat32?