Mirroring system HD onto larger internal... PLEASE READ!!!

[slomo86]

I just got a G4 450 mhz running OS 10.4.11 with 1.5 gigs of ram and a 20 gig system hard drive. Well I upgraded to 2 100 gig harddrives. So I have 220 gigs. Here is my problem...

I want to install Final Cut Pro 5 but it requires 22 gigs of space on the system hard drive alone. I am sure you see where I am going with this... Yes I want to turn one of the 100 gigs into the system hard drive BUT i don't have a OS X disc. Is it possible for me to mirror my current system hard drive onto the one of the 100 gig's??? If so how??? Thanks in advance!!

 

[huskydsl]

try using carbon copy cloner... works great at cloning disks

 

[slomo86]

try using carbon copy cloner... works great at cloning disks

where could I get it and how much?? and can i boot from the clone on the bigger hard drive??

 

[huskydsl]

you can get it from version tracker, it's cheap and yes, it will clone a bootable disk to a new drive which will then be a bootable disk too POOF!

 

[slomo86]

you can get it from version tracker, it's cheap and yes, it will clone a bootable disk to a new drive which will then be a bootable disk too POOF!

sweetness thanks i will check it out!

 

[slomo86]

one more thing how do I boot off the new hard drive?????

 

[huskydsl]

just make sure it's the master drive...for the device you are booting

 

[huskydsl]

OR, you can hold down option key while powering up and it will allow you to select the bootable disk or bootable partition.

 

[slomo86]

ok I am new to OS X. lol sad but true. Back in high school I was really good with a mac (this was back when the G4 was the holly grail and OS X just came out) But I ran across this G4 and couldn't pass the deal up. So I need to learn it more... thanks for the help!!!!

 

[millar876]

+1 far Carbon copy cloner. and to boot to it just go to System Pref's, startup disk, and selevt the big one, or hold "alt" on startup

 

[slomo86]

Hey thanks guys for the info!!! I cloned the hard drive and I am running off the bigger one as i type this!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! now to instal final cut pro!!! woot!!!!!!!!