Making a mirror copy of my HDD

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  1. nampramos, May 22, 2011

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    Hi guys!

    Could someone please tell me what's the best way to make a full copy of my HDD into another HDD connected by USB?

    I will soon change my HDD on my mac and for that I will buy a case for the new drive, connect it by usb, then do the mirror copy and when that is finished I switch the old drive to the case and the new drive that just got mirrored to the mac.

    Thanks!
     
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  2. simsaladimbamba, May 22, 2011

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  3. hwojtek, May 22, 2011

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    Google "Carbon Copy Cloner" or "Super Duper".
     
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  4. nampramos, May 22, 2011

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    And how should I do it?
    Put the new hdd already in the mac and boot up from the old hdd on the enclousure and then proceed with the cloning or the other way around?
     
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  5. simsaladimbamba, May 22, 2011

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    The other way around would be faster, as you boot from the internal older HDD instead of the old external HDD via USB, as USB is limited to 30MB/s.
     
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  6. nampramos, May 22, 2011

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    Right, tought so.
    One more question.
    Buying a USB 3.0 enclousure will give me faster speeds on a 2.0 port or want make any difference at all?
     
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  7. old-wiz, May 22, 2011

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    A USB 3.0 on USB 2.0 will run at USB 2.0 speeds.
     
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  8. likegadgets, May 22, 2011

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    I have used super duper to clone mac drives several times. It works great.
    The paid version allows smart and fast subsequent updates. I run a nightly backup using super duper in addition to the time machine.
     
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  9. nampramos, May 22, 2011

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    I only want to make a one time cloning. Do I need the paid version for that?
    CCC does the same good job?
     
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  10. simsaladimbamba, May 22, 2011

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    No, CCC can do that.

    Yes.
     
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  11. nampramos, May 22, 2011

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    Thanks!
    The HDD should get here this week and now I just need to buy the enclousure.
     
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  12. jimbo1mcm, May 23, 2011

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    Super Duper

    +1 on Super Duper
     
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