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Join Date: Aug 2005
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I bought a Maxtor 20G HDD to use alongside the origional Western Digital 10G HDD. I fitted it in the case above the origional and used the second to last plugs etc, my plan was to copy the whole system over and use the new drive as a startup dick and the old just for general file storage. But after copying only Photoshop apps appear to have copied over. Do I need to re-install the OSX sytem onto the new drive aswell as all my other apps? And will this drive startup the system even though it does not have OS9 drivers? 
Any help would be appreciated as i am quite new to the above sort of thing
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Using the new drive as a startup dick isn't recommended by apple.
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Originally Posted by DanThe
I bought a Maxtor 20G HDD to use alongside the origional Western Digital 10G HDD. I fitted it in the case above the origional and used the second to last plugs etc, my plan was to copy the whole system over and use the new drive as a startup dick and the old just for general file storage. But after copying only Photoshop apps appear to have copied over. Do I need to re-install the OSX sytem onto the new drive aswell as all my other apps? And will this drive startup the system even though it does not have OS9 drivers?
Any help would be appreciated as i am quite new to the above sort of thing
Well, you should be able to use carbon copy cloner to make a copy of your existing drive and copy it to the new drive.
I would, however, recommend doing a reinstall instead. If you don't use classic or boot into OS 9, you don't need the OS 9 drivers.
Peter
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Join Date: Jun 2000
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What model of mac do you have, what OS version is it running, what apps and equipment are you using with it ?
Using the new drive as a startup dick isn't recommended by apple
and just why not ? please elaborate or post link to advice 
It has been my experience with 6 different macs running a wide variety of HDD's, OS versions and equipment that you can use just about any drive as a start-up disk, provided of course, that it works, has enough space, is properly formatted and has a valid system folder on it 
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Personally I find it hilarious that you have the hots for my gramma. Especially seeins how she is 3x your age, and makes your Brittney-Spears-wannabe 30-something wife look like a rag doll who went thru WWIII with a burning stick of dynamite up her a** :)
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