carbon copy cloner / samsung T 5 ssd

[dennis campbell]

ccc existing ssd to T5 for boot drive back up.... all went fine except ccc will not copy recovery disk, ccc says T 5 not journaled and cannot copy all files..... went in to utilities and erased, re format ....partition is grayed out, both my computers......ccc says that partition scheme in T 5 is not compatible with mac intel.......cannot find info. on partitioning of T5 for suitability as boot drive w/ recovery ........anything familiar about this and how was it remedied or maby I didnt get the memo that the T5 is not a fit for mac bootable ssd.......

thanks

 

[CoastalOR]

CCC (Bombich) has instructions on how to prepare the drive for use as a backup. The instruction vary depending on the OS you are using:
https://bombich.com/kb/ccc5/preparing-your-backup-disk-backup-os-x

I have used a T5 to make bootable backups, including the Recovery partition, so it can be done.

 

[Fishrrman]

I would try using Disk Utility to "nuke" the T5 ... erase it and start over.

You didn't tell us which version of the OS is on your internal drive.

I would recommend (for the T5):
Mac OS extended with journaling enabled, GUID partition format.

DO NOT use "case sensitive".
I would IGNORE all the choices that mention "case" at all.

Erase the SSD, re-open CCC, and try again.

NOTE:
If you are using either High Sierra or Mojave, you could also choose to erase the T5 to APFS format.
CCC can clone an APFS-formatted drive to either an APFS cloned backup, or to an HFS+ cloned backup.