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<blockquote data-quote="harryb2448" data-source="post: 658933" data-attributes="member: 42497"><p>To get the external HDD to boot it is necessary to format in Apple Partition Map. Connect the drive and when it appears on the desktop you will have to use Disk Utility to make it Apple Partition Map and not OS Extended.</p><p></p><p>After backing up your system using utility such as SuperDuper, it is the best, the disk should appear in Startup Disks in the System Preferences. You can then boot from USB2 Intel and Firewire PPC.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="harryb2448, post: 658933, member: 42497"] To get the external HDD to boot it is necessary to format in Apple Partition Map. Connect the drive and when it appears on the desktop you will have to use Disk Utility to make it Apple Partition Map and not OS Extended. After backing up your system using utility such as SuperDuper, it is the best, the disk should appear in Startup Disks in the System Preferences. You can then boot from USB2 Intel and Firewire PPC. [/QUOTE]
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