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How do I back up without Time Machine?
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<blockquote data-quote="pesto" data-source="post: 952673" data-attributes="member: 56050"><p>I am so frustrated AND scared. I know I need to back up my files as soon as possible because I heard a clicking noise coming from my internal hard drive. </p><p></p><p>First I bought a Maxtor external hard drive, journaled it and proceeded to use Time Machine to back everything up. That was a washout because the Maxtor would go to sleep within five minutes of the process. Doing research showed that was a universal problem with that drive.</p><p></p><p>So yesterday, I purchased a Verbatim with 1 TB of space, configured it to use with Time Machine and thought all was well. Nope, around 600 MB, I kept getting an error message that it couldn't write to it. I went to the Apple site for a fix, found one and went through the steps but the same thing happened.</p><p></p><p>What I really need to do is to make a bootable copy of my drive so that when my internal fails, which seems inevitable, I can boot my G4 from it. Also, since I am getting the new iMac, I simply want to transfer my files from my external.</p><p></p><p>I only store essentials on my internal and that is only 35 G on an 80 G drive.</p><p></p><p>Why can't I just drag all my files over to the external? </p><p></p><p>Not really understanding how backups work, I am lost. </p><p></p><p>What are my alternatives. I was going to use Carbonite but I have a G4 PowerPC and Carbonite only accepts Intel Based Macs.</p><p></p><p>I would appreciate any assistance. This is so urgent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pesto, post: 952673, member: 56050"] I am so frustrated AND scared. I know I need to back up my files as soon as possible because I heard a clicking noise coming from my internal hard drive. First I bought a Maxtor external hard drive, journaled it and proceeded to use Time Machine to back everything up. That was a washout because the Maxtor would go to sleep within five minutes of the process. Doing research showed that was a universal problem with that drive. So yesterday, I purchased a Verbatim with 1 TB of space, configured it to use with Time Machine and thought all was well. Nope, around 600 MB, I kept getting an error message that it couldn't write to it. I went to the Apple site for a fix, found one and went through the steps but the same thing happened. What I really need to do is to make a bootable copy of my drive so that when my internal fails, which seems inevitable, I can boot my G4 from it. Also, since I am getting the new iMac, I simply want to transfer my files from my external. I only store essentials on my internal and that is only 35 G on an 80 G drive. Why can't I just drag all my files over to the external? Not really understanding how backups work, I am lost. What are my alternatives. I was going to use Carbonite but I have a G4 PowerPC and Carbonite only accepts Intel Based Macs. I would appreciate any assistance. This is so urgent. [/QUOTE]
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