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PostSubject: External Hard Drive Question   External Hard Drive Question Icon_minitimeSun Apr 15, 2012 3:54 pm

I want to use a backup of my computer using my external hard drive, but I dont know how. Can anyone help?

NOTE: I USE A MAC WITH OSX 10.6
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PostSubject: Re: External Hard Drive Question   External Hard Drive Question Icon_minitimeSun Apr 15, 2012 8:51 pm

How? Don't use a Mac.

But seriously, I don't understand exactly what you are trying to do. Could you expound a little?
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PostSubject: Re: External Hard Drive Question   External Hard Drive Question Icon_minitimeMon Apr 16, 2012 12:16 am

Copy everything to the external hard drive.
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PostSubject: Re: External Hard Drive Question   External Hard Drive Question Icon_minitimeMon Apr 16, 2012 7:36 am

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How? Don't use a Mac.

But seriously, I don't understand exactly what you are trying to do. Could you expound a little?

Guaranteed Window's makes the task "easier" by putting it into an over-analysed, option-presenting situation.
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PostSubject: Re: External Hard Drive Question   External Hard Drive Question Icon_minitimeMon Apr 16, 2012 9:31 am

You only use a Mac if you don't know how to use a computer, Mac.
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PostSubject: Re: External Hard Drive Question   External Hard Drive Question Icon_minitimeMon Apr 16, 2012 11:08 am

I was kidding about the mac thing, I was just mad about how my iMac won't boot from a flash drive Sad
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PostSubject: Re: External Hard Drive Question   External Hard Drive Question Icon_minitimeMon Apr 16, 2012 11:29 am

DOWN WITH APPLE.

Yet I'm wearing a pair of their headphones right now. Hypocrisy at its finest.

Hold on a sec while I go burn these.
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PostSubject: Re: External Hard Drive Question   External Hard Drive Question Icon_minitimeMon Apr 16, 2012 12:20 pm

I'm using a MacBook Air right now, and I hate it. I'd much rather use my huge Windows-running laptop that can't even fit in a computer bag because it weighs so much and it's so big. It's better and faster than this oisk'la thing.
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PostSubject: Re: External Hard Drive Question   External Hard Drive Question Icon_minitimeMon Apr 16, 2012 12:22 pm

Huge Windows laptop?

I've got a 17.3" I lug around the entire schoolday. Beat that.
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PostSubject: Re: External Hard Drive Question   External Hard Drive Question Icon_minitimeMon Apr 16, 2012 12:25 pm

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Huge Windows laptop?

I've got a 17.3" I lug around the entire schoolday. Beat that.
The Air is what I carry. The huge one (I don't know how big it is) stays on my desk.
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PostSubject: Re: External Hard Drive Question   External Hard Drive Question Icon_minitimeMon Apr 16, 2012 6:21 pm

Sigh... Wish I had a laptop. My parents would never buy me one, and I'm to lazy to get a job lol. But supposedly my college is giving me one for free next year. Hopefully it isn't a piece
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PostSubject: Re: External Hard Drive Question   External Hard Drive Question Icon_minitimeMon Apr 16, 2012 6:22 pm

DO. NOT. GET. A. MAC.
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PostSubject: Re: External Hard Drive Question   External Hard Drive Question Icon_minitimeMon Apr 16, 2012 6:55 pm

Ignoring all the fanboy wars in here, what precisely are you trying to do, Blockman?

Are you trying to run your OS off your external or make a backup to your external?
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PostSubject: Re: External Hard Drive Question   External Hard Drive Question Icon_minitimeMon Apr 16, 2012 10:01 pm

Who needs OSes? REAL PROGRAMMERS USE BUTTERFLIES.
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PostSubject: Re: External Hard Drive Question   External Hard Drive Question Icon_minitimeMon Apr 16, 2012 10:10 pm

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PostSubject: Re: External Hard Drive Question   External Hard Drive Question Icon_minitimeTue Apr 17, 2012 10:54 am

Danice123 wrote:
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I'm not too sure I understand the relevance.
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PostSubject: Re: External Hard Drive Question   External Hard Drive Question Icon_minitimeTue Apr 17, 2012 5:14 pm

Legion wrote:
Danice123 wrote:
External Hard Drive Question Real_programmers

I'm not too sure I understand the relevance.

You mentioned "Who needs OSes? REAL PROGRAMMERS USE BUTTERFLIES."

So Danice posted the accompanying cartoon.
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PostSubject: Re: External Hard Drive Question   External Hard Drive Question Icon_minitimeTue Apr 17, 2012 9:38 pm

I was proving what a huge XKCD nerd I am.
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PostSubject: Re: External Hard Drive Question   External Hard Drive Question Icon_minitimeFri Apr 20, 2012 9:46 pm

NEVERMIND, I have found out how to do it; I have also used bootcamp to win. 7 on my macbook.
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PostSubject: Re: External Hard Drive Question   External Hard Drive Question Icon_minitimeSat Apr 21, 2012 9:16 pm

Slave the hard disk to a Windows or *nix box, use a tool (recommend EASEUS Partition Master for Windows or GParted for *nix) to do a direct copy to the external disk (external disk must be larger than slaved Mac HDD) and poof, you have a directly accessible backup that you can open in Finder.
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PostSubject: Re: External Hard Drive Question   External Hard Drive Question Icon_minitimeSun Apr 22, 2012 1:40 am

ZeoNet wrote:
Slave the hard disk to a Windows or *nix box, use a tool (recommend EASEUS Partition Master for Windows or GParted for *nix) to do a direct copy to the external disk (external disk must be larger than slaved Mac HDD) and poof, you have a directly accessible backup that you can open in Finder.

I have already fixed it 3 days ago, but thanks anyways.
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PostSubject: Re: External Hard Drive Question   External Hard Drive Question Icon_minitimeSun Apr 22, 2012 2:22 pm

What was your fix?
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PostSubject: Re: External Hard Drive Question   External Hard Drive Question Icon_minitimeSun Apr 22, 2012 4:26 pm

1. I right clicked on the hard drive in finder and I clicked "backup now"

2. insert leopard disk

3. click install leopard

4. do as instructed until the top bar appears and click "utilities"

5. click on the "use time machine backup" and chose backup

6. wait for everything to install

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