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Can you back up software, too?
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If you are on a longer trip with a laptop, and you have your back-up hard drive with you, would it be a bad idea to just store a copy of your software on this external hard drive?
If the main drive crashes, you can repair it, drag your software over, done. And you don't have to take discs with you.
Would this second copy of the software (e.g. Lightroom, or Final Cut Pro) mess up the computer, or would it just sit still, and not move, when not opened?
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Thanks, gikku.
But can't I just make a copy of the software, and drag it to my external hard drive?
Why would I need SuperDuper to do that?
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Programs that require registration can't just be dragged off and back on because their registration information wouldn't go with them.
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Programs that require registration can't just be dragged off and back on because their registration information wouldn't go with them.
He's right, you would have to take all your registration numbers with you. Whereas if you created a bootable clone with superduper you would have your complete existing system, absolutely identical, ready to boot from. Wouldn't that be easier? You wouldn't have to repair the broken drive to get at your stuff - just restart from the clone. Believe me when your HD dies in the middle of some operational intensity a bootable clone is the way to go!!
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Originally Posted by jbleisure 
He's right, you would have to take all your registration numbers with you. Whereas if you created a bootable clone with superduper you would have your complete existing system, absolutely identical, ready to boot from. Wouldn't that be easier? You wouldn't have to repair the broken drive to get at your stuff - just restart from the clone. Believe me when your HD dies in the middle of some operational intensity a bootable clone is the way to go!!
Thank you all for this very logical and practical tip.
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Originally Posted by gikku
Use Superduper to create a bootable back-up
The key word was "bootable"!
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