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na_rsx
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Best way to back up my Mac PB hard drive? - 2009/06/03 08:47 I am going to install a fresh copy of Leopard onto my Powerbook G4 1.25 15" aluminum model, I currently have Tiger, and at the same time I am replacing that hard drive, and memory since I still have the same 512 MB RAM and 80GB hd. I am upgrading to 2gb ram and 160gb hard drive.

How can i back up my hard drive so i can install the new one, i have a lot of stuff that needs to be transfered to my new hard drive.

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harryb
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Re:Best way to back up my Mac PB hard drive? - 2009/06/03 17:28 Do you have an external HDD connected by Firewire? If so you can use SuperDuper or CarbonCopyCloner to make a duplicate of your drive contents and transfer after the new drive is installed.

Pretty hard to do with no external HDD alas.

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na_rsx
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Re:Best way to back up my Mac PB hard drive? - 2009/06/04 14:26 Okay i just copied all my files from the user profile, much easier. I replaced the hard drive and memory, but ran into an issue. I am trying to install a fresh copy of Leopard and i get a gray screen with 2 boxes, once is a refresh sign and the other is an enter sign.

I insert the dvd-r DL and it just ejects it out all the time, i have no way of installing the new Leopard, what do i do, pleas help!!!

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Cacicedo
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Re:Best way to back up my Mac PB hard drive? - 2009/06/05 20:54 You need to boot from the installation disk. Insert it and hold down the C key while you boot up.

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