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prinzphilipp · 09:08 AM

hi ...
i bought a new 120GB WD hdd for my old 12" G4 iBook and i'm planning to replace the disk myself. so what is the best way to backup all my data, replace the hdd and then restore the os and all applications?
should i use Disk Utility to create an image or any other third-party tool?

thanks in advance ...
phil

Sherman Homan · May 28, 2007, 08:56 AM

Disk Utility is easy and free. How are you going to physically connect the new drive and the old? Do you have a third drive, or an enclosure for the new drive, or another Mac for target mode?

prinzphilipp · May 28, 2007, 09:08 AM

i got an enclosure or another mac - what would be better to use?
i thought the easiest way would be to use the external USB2.0 enclosure ... !?

Sherman Homan · May 28, 2007, 09:21 AM

It isn't really question of "better", there are several ways to do it, each has its advantages in terms of speed or ease of set up, but they all get the job done. What do you mean about "the external USB2.0 enclosure"? Is your new drive in an external USB box?

prinzphilipp · May 28, 2007, 09:30 AM

no, the new hdd is a normal IDE drive - but i thought about putting it in the external enclosure for cloning the current data from the old hdd to the new one.

Sherman Homan · May 28, 2007, 10:22 AM

Uh oh... how are you going to get a 'normal' IDE drive into that iBook?!

prinzphilipp · May 28, 2007, 10:48 AM

... should have said normal 2,5" ide hdd

Sherman Homan · May 28, 2007, 11:09 AM

That's better!
You are good to go with Disk Utility, New Disk Image, Read/Write, no compression.
Otherwise, this 170 ton press will get a 3.5" drive into your 'Book...

prinzphilipp · May 28, 2007, 12:17 PM

thanks ...
hope the press won't be needed

prinzphilipp · May 29, 2007, 06:35 AM

mmmmmmm ... i did as you told me and cloned the old hdd with disk utility onto my new hdd.
everything went fine - i checked and all files were copied to the new disk...
but after replacing the old with the new one the ibook wouldn't boot anymore!?
what did i do wrong? or better ... how can i fix this ...?

phil

Sherman Homan · May 29, 2007, 06:41 AM

What do you mean "wouldn't boot"? What is happening?

prinzphilipp · May 29, 2007, 07:08 AM

... i switch the iBook on and the apple logo appears but then .... it just freezes.

Simon · May 29, 2007, 07:17 AM

Press option when you boot. Select your new internal disk. Will it boot properly now?

Boot from the OS X install DVD. From the menu select Disk Utility. Repair the your new disk. Does it report any errors? Repair permissions. Will it boot properly now?

Press cmd-s while you boot. What does it say when it stops to boot?

Sherman Homan · May 29, 2007, 07:19 AM

Boot from your startup CD, run Disk Utility --> Repair Disk.
You may need to reinstall the System, it is possible that something did not transfer over correctly.

prinzphilipp · May 29, 2007, 12:05 PM

ok, i repaired permissions with disk utility. and now it's booting again

but i still get an error message that "/system/library/extensions/audioIPCdriver.kext" could not be loaded properly - whatever that means ... how can i get rid of this?

thanks... phil

prinzphilipp · May 29, 2007, 12:13 PM

fixed it by myself

sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/AudioIPCDriver.kext
sudo kextload /System/Library/Extensions/AudioIPCDriver.kext