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Offline Buck

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« Reply #30 on: February 18, 2009, 06:51:19 PM »
Question: Is it possible to back up & make a start up folder or disk of my main HD w/ this EX-drive. It has a Firewire connection. Just in case the main disk on the eMac fails.
« Last Edit: February 18, 2009, 06:53:08 PM by Buck »

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« Reply #31 on: February 18, 2009, 08:37:56 PM »
Using the FREE software SuperDuper! will let you make a 'bootable' backup on your FW ex-hdd.


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« Reply #32 on: February 19, 2009, 01:36:06 PM »
QUOTE(RNKIII @ Feb 18 2009, 09:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Using the FREE software SuperDuper! will let you make a 'bootable' backup on your FW ex-hdd.


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FW ex-hdd.?  Sry. Ya lost me here.

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« Reply #33 on: February 19, 2009, 03:22:40 PM »
FW =Firewire,           ex-hdd = External Hard Disk Drive..

Sorry for confusion.

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« Last Edit: February 19, 2009, 03:23:34 PM by RNKIII »
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« Reply #34 on: February 19, 2009, 09:40:21 PM »
What is a "sry?" tongue.gif

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« Reply #35 on: February 21, 2009, 07:46:50 AM »
QUOTE(Xairbusdriver @ Feb 19 2009, 10:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
What is a "sry?" tongue.gif

But IAWB, sometimes we use too many acronyms... rolleyes.gif



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