partition magic and ghost for mac

[tyro]

I have been recently introduced to Mac and was trying to find a Mac version of Norton Ghost (makes an image of the data on the hard drive) and Power Quest's Partition Magic (used to make and resize partitions without losing the data on the hard drive). I figure that with these tools I should be able to experiment freely without worrying about losing my data. any help would be appreciated.

Thank you very much

 

[thecipher]

No need for that on a Mac. The OS can be reinstalled without any repartitioning/formatting.

You have two options when rebuilding a Mac OS.

1. An ovewrwriting install that leaves all apps/data/3rd party extensions & control panels in place. My first choice.

2. A "Clean" install that replaces everything in the System folder. Back those 3rd party extensions & control panels up first. Even with this option the data and apps are untouched.

Make a CD with data files. Rely on the install disks for the apps you have. Remember, a Mac app has possibly extensions, control panels and a prefs file. What you see is what there is. No .dll's blasted all over, no registry, no other PC weirdness...

If I replace an app, first I trash the prefs file and relaunch. Usually fixes the app. Second option is to reinstall, but dump any pref file/extension/control panel when dumping the app.

Backing up a Mac is a completely different, and easier, animal than backing up a PC HD... Systems Support Analyst
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[jimbopalmer]

http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=312&db=mac

is the Apple utility Disk Copy, I think it is on every OS CD

it will make exact disk images as ghost does I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.