Backing Up 1st HD on 2nd HD

[ffcare]

I would like to know if it is possible to back-up the entire contents of my main HD onto the 2nd HD of my PowerMac 2.0ghz, so in the event of the first HD crashing I can immediately start up my computer on the 2nd HD. And if possible, is it difficult to do?

Thanks so much.

 

[72930]

SuperDuper or CCC

 

[ert3]

What you are talking about is called RAID 1.

As most macs only support RAID 5 or RAID 0. I am not certain you will be able to achieve this with a stock motherboard.

Either way that is the feature you are looking for in-order to make this happen.

You may be able to synthesize this with software if your Motherboard Lacks RAID 1 capabilities.

Of course you could always just use the second drive with Time Machine and use software restore when the stuff hits the fan.

 

[AmbitiousLemon]

SuperDuper or CCC

To clarify psychofreak's comment he was referring to these two software applications:
SuperDuper
Carbon Copy Cloner