Can anyone compare/contrast CCC with Clonezilla[1] ? I've used the latter for this sort of thing and found it to be quick and efficient. Does anyone use either of these to image computer labs at UVM? EB http://clonezilla.org/ On 9/22/2011 1:00 PM, Jonathan L. Trigaux wrote: > Then I'd echo Andrew's suggestion for Carbon Copy Cloner from > > http://www.bombich.com/ > > This sort of image is useful particularly if you want to clone one > disk to many other different computers. As a static backup, however, > your disk image will become out of date quickly. If your only concern > is one Mac, Apple's Time Machine software will also do a full disk > backup, as well as incremental backups for as long as the software is > on and you have the backup drive connected. > > -JLT > > On Thu, 22 Sep 2011, Larry Kost wrote: > >> I was trying to make an image of the entire drive. My understanding >> is that the image could be used to recover from a disk failure. >> Mainly just trying to figure out how to do this for future reference. >> >> LLK >> >> On 9/22/2011 11:57 AM, Jonathan L. Trigaux wrote: >>> Are you trying to clone an entire disk/partition into an image, or >>> trying to create an image of a group of files or subfolders? >>> >>> -JLT >>> >>> On Thu, 22 Sep 2011, Larry Kost wrote: >>> >>>> I have a Macbook and have been trying to use the disk utility to >>>> make an image on an external drive (Segate Freeagent GoFlex >>>> drive). I have upgraded to Lion. When I try to create the image >>>> it seems to get through most of the process until it gets to the >>>> step where it says "Adding Resources". It sits there for a long >>>> time (maybe 20 or 30 minutes) then says "Unable to create >>>> LarryMac.dmg error -192". >>>> >>>> Any ideas? I looked on the web, but didn't find anything useful. >>>> >>>> LLK