How to go about backing up or mirroring external HD

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DAM-Photography

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• Sep 29, 2010

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I just did a zero delete on my computer and only have CS5 master suite and Lightroom on my computer now(MacBook Pro 2010). I have 2 external harddrives I'm using. Both are 1TB. I have the Master drive with everything on it, and I want to use the 2nd drive to keep an updated copy of everything. Then I have a 3rd Hard drive, that I want to backup the 2nd backup and keep that off site.

What is the best way to go about this?

 

miles01110

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The Ivory Tower (I'm not coming down)

• Sep 29, 2010

• #2

CarbonCopyCloner

 

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Hankcah

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• Sep 29, 2010

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Blue Velvet

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• Sep 29, 2010

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DAM-Photography said:

What is the best way to go about this?

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SuperDuper!

Carbon Copy Cloner has failed me in the past on a couple of occasions which is why I don't use it for my home/freelance setup.

 

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DAM-Photography

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• Sep 29, 2010

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Thanks Blue Velvet & miles01110,
Any others want to chime in?

 

Fishrrman

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• Sep 30, 2010

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I recommend CarbonCopyCloner, as well.

My experience has been 180 degrees from another poster who said CCC had failed. I've seen SuperDuper quit in the middle of a backup.

Actually, this is how SD is set up. If SD encounters a bad file during the clone, the entire clone process is aborted.

CCC, on the other hand, ignores the bad file(s) and keeps on going.

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You can easily set up CCC to only copy _certain things_ and ignore others. I never could find an easy way to do this with SD.

Perhaps the solution is to TRY BOTH OF THEM. Then decide which one you like better.