[Macpilot]

I have only used Disk Utility to repair permissions, and up until now, have performed all backups of my software and files manually.

I just bought a new hard drive for my Powerbook as my current is going whacko. What I want to do is make an image of my hard drive in my Powerbook, save it to my external firewire drive. Then install the new hard drive in the Powerbook, hook up the firewire drive, and restore the disk image.

I have never tried images, and am having trouble doing this. I run Disk Utility with my external firewire drive plugged in and mounted, select my Powerbook hard drive volume, click New Image, name it, and when I try to create the image I get the message "Device busy".

I am totally confused, and the Missing Manual is a little vague on this, or there is something wrong with my machine.

Apparently Disk Utility can be very usefull in backing up install CDs, DVDs, and hard drives, but I am at a loss.

Somebody please help!

Thanks!

[bergy]

[Supposedly this works really well .. Carbon Copy Cloner
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/7032

[Macpilot]

OK, I tried this again and it seems that you cannot image a hard drive if it is the startup disk, so I inserted the Panther install disk 1 and then hooked up the external drive and it worked great! Cracked open the Powerbook, installed the new hard drive, and then restored the old disk to the new disk.

For anyone interested, a 7200 rpm drive is quite a jump from the old 4200 rpm stock hard drive that comes in Apple's portables. The Finder folders are MUCH more responsive. Boot up time is noticeably faster. A very worthwhile upgrade for less than $300 for any portable.