Not being a Mac maven, I at least know where to start cause this forum has bailed my girls many times. They create problems and then it's Dear Ol' Dad ;D
The first Mac I bought my girls was the oldest daughter upon college graduation in the spring of 2008> She has a MacBook Pro 15" with a 200 GB hardrive. Even though I bought her a Maxtor One Touch for backups, she has put it off...sound familiar?
Since then she has had 2 internships and is currently in Grad School with a load of software that she needs to keep in tact. Most of the biggies are in Win7 Ultimate which she runs from BootCamp and include: Adobe Creative Suite 5, several AutoCad programs and Microsoft Office Suite. She gets this on her Mac to use at her intern job and school for Graphic Design/Architecture.
Sorry for the long prolog, but the simple question is:
What's the best way to back all this up?
I would love to be able to clone her HDD to a portable HDD and in the event of a meltdown, just swap the drives. Is this possible and where do I start.
The first Mac I bought my girls was the oldest daughter upon college graduation in the spring of 2008> She has a MacBook Pro 15" with a 200 GB hardrive. Even though I bought her a Maxtor One Touch for backups, she has put it off...sound familiar?
Since then she has had 2 internships and is currently in Grad School with a load of software that she needs to keep in tact. Most of the biggies are in Win7 Ultimate which she runs from BootCamp and include: Adobe Creative Suite 5, several AutoCad programs and Microsoft Office Suite. She gets this on her Mac to use at her intern job and school for Graphic Design/Architecture.
Sorry for the long prolog, but the simple question is:
What's the best way to back all this up?
I would love to be able to clone her HDD to a portable HDD and in the event of a meltdown, just swap the drives. Is this possible and where do I start.