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 07/30/2009 05:40:51 AM · #1
Hi there, i am going to hv a fresh install of my OS (Vista) and i am wondering apart from making a 'ghost' of the fresh install how can I save all out the customization/plug ins etc from the current in use to the 'clean' version?

Also i hope this cn be applied to OSX too

Thanks
 07/30/2009 08:52:11 AM · #2
Are you re-installing the OS on the same physical drive? If you are, the only solution would be to ghost the current drive to another physical drive, then reinstall the OS on the first drive, then use Vista's tools to migrate the app (I do believe this last step is possible, but I have never migrated apps, across machines, I just reinstall 'em.
 07/31/2009 04:33:19 PM · #3
thanks kirbic, yes i think i am going to reinstall on the same hdd

:)
 07/31/2009 05:06:41 PM · #4
Originally posted by zerocusa:
Hi there, i am going to hv a fresh install of my OS (Vista) and i am wondering apart from making a 'ghost' of the fresh install how can I save all out the customization/plug ins etc from the current in use to the 'clean' version?

Also i hope this cn be applied to OSX too

Thanks


For OS X there is an awesome free app called Carbon Copy Cloner.

//www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

I use it when I want to upgrade the HD in my lap top or have to restore from a total HD failure.

I buy the new HD and a Firewire enclosure. Then I use CCC to transfer the the content of the existing HD to the new drive in the external enclosure. Then I remove the HD from the computer and the one form the enclosure, install the new HD in the computer and it boots right up.

Then I can use the old HD in the enclosure as an external drive when needed.

You can even use it to clone a drive and the add to it incrementally over time so you always have a complete BU of your HD with the operating system and applications.

I never really liked traditional BU software for recovery from a complete failure since you have to install the OS and the apps and then restore the data. I do back up pictures and documents using conventional BU software, but for the OS and Apps, I use CCC.
 07/31/2009 05:33:49 PM · #5
Originally posted by scarbrd:
For OS X there is an awesome free app called Carbon Copy Cloner.

//www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

I use it when I want to upgrade the HD in my lap top or have to restore from a total HD failure.

If it will fit, can I create a bootable DVD with OS X and applications, and also use that to restore the disk after a crash? That would be awesome!
 07/31/2009 05:37:32 PM · #6
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by scarbrd:
For OS X there is an awesome free app called Carbon Copy Cloner.

//www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

I use it when I want to upgrade the HD in my lap top or have to restore from a total HD failure.

If it will fit, can I create a bootable DVD with OS X and applications, and also use that to restore the disk after a crash? That would be awesome!


I don't think so, but I think you can clone a copy of your drive to an iPod.
07/31/2009 06:00:35 PM · #7
Originally posted by scarbrd:
... I think you can clone a copy of your drive to an iPod.

Will it automatically make the clone the right size for what I'm backing up, or do I need to create a disk image file and back up to there? I also have a couple of external drives I could use.
 07/31/2009 06:31:42 PM · #8
Originally posted by scarbrd:
I don't think so, but I think you can clone a copy of your drive to an iPod.

If your iPod is a touch, I think that would officially make your iPod the most expensive flash storage device on the market, measuring $/gb. =) It also makes a fairly expensive but flashy looking brick. Oh wait, that's the Mac Mini.

Alright, I'm done. *ducks away*
 07/31/2009 09:12:11 PM · #9
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by scarbrd:
... I think you can clone a copy of your drive to an iPod.

Will it automatically make the clone the right size for what I'm backing up, or do I need to create a disk image file and back up to there? I also have a couple of external drives I could use.


I usually go from a smaller drive to a larger one. The 2 drives do not have to be the same size and you don't have to create a partition of the same size or anything like that.

It's not really cloning the drive, but rather the information on the drive. Make sense?
 08/03/2009 06:55:54 AM · #10
most of what that was suggested above is similar to ghosting right?
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