Forums
New posts
Articles
Product Reviews
Policies
FAQ
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Other Apple Products
Other Hardware and Peripherals
I have to erase & reformat WD Passport?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="rcronin" data-source="post: 566340" data-attributes="member: 24079"><p>I understand the merge, MHC, but actually I think my question about the erasing data has possibly not been answered yet, just mentioned in passing. And I goin' nuts trying to figure this out, lol.</p><p></p><p>If I use SuperDuper or CCC, can I have anything else on the external device? Will it automatically erase and replace everything on there? My externals are an 80 g and 500 g drives. And the only thing I can use them for is my HD backup? What a waste of money. I bought them so I could back up my HD AND have room for other stuff. For example, I carry my portable around for large files I need to share when I'm working or picking up a lot of picts from a clients. And I use the 500g desktop one for my husbands PC back up. </p><p></p><p>So is there any software that will allow me to back up my files and put them in a sensibly named folder (with a date,etc)? </p><p></p><p>What's the drawback if it's not "bootable"? The way I did it the first time was copied/pasted my user home folder and my apps folder. When I put them back on the new HD, I copied/pasted them back and them by hand resintalled all the user preferences for each of the necessary apps, like FF so my bookmarks were there. iTunes I had to hand copy/paste the data back in. I would love to not have to do that b/c it was very fussy and took me days. Is having a "bootable" back up the only way to get your apps back w/preferences intact? Is that what bootable means? </p><p></p><p>What about restoring HD from the SuperDuper back up, how is that different from archive and reinstall? </p><p></p><p>And since my HD will be wiped very soon, I have to figure this out asap.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rcronin, post: 566340, member: 24079"] I understand the merge, MHC, but actually I think my question about the erasing data has possibly not been answered yet, just mentioned in passing. And I goin' nuts trying to figure this out, lol. If I use SuperDuper or CCC, can I have anything else on the external device? Will it automatically erase and replace everything on there? My externals are an 80 g and 500 g drives. And the only thing I can use them for is my HD backup? What a waste of money. I bought them so I could back up my HD AND have room for other stuff. For example, I carry my portable around for large files I need to share when I'm working or picking up a lot of picts from a clients. And I use the 500g desktop one for my husbands PC back up. So is there any software that will allow me to back up my files and put them in a sensibly named folder (with a date,etc)? What's the drawback if it's not "bootable"? The way I did it the first time was copied/pasted my user home folder and my apps folder. When I put them back on the new HD, I copied/pasted them back and them by hand resintalled all the user preferences for each of the necessary apps, like FF so my bookmarks were there. iTunes I had to hand copy/paste the data back in. I would love to not have to do that b/c it was very fussy and took me days. Is having a "bootable" back up the only way to get your apps back w/preferences intact? Is that what bootable means? What about restoring HD from the SuperDuper back up, how is that different from archive and reinstall? And since my HD will be wiped very soon, I have to figure this out asap. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Other Apple Products
Other Hardware and Peripherals
I have to erase & reformat WD Passport?
Top