[mightyduck]

I downloaded a copy of carbon copy cloner.

I went and bought a "rugged" Lacie 2TB USBc drive. It says "up to 125 MB/s. I'm not going to go buy 9 extra SS drives and do bunch of testing and busy work. I have a good Time Machine backup, and I can [hopefully] do a ccc backup onto the virgin Lacie drive [which, tbh, I am not even sure is really necessary].

I stopped by the repair center, they were going to charge me for a backup, so I figured I'll buy a drive and do it myself for the same money. Maybe I can do this tonite and bring them the computer tomorrow. But I am not trying to make this a never-ending project.

Someone said something about duplicating the partitioning onto the backup drive. Is the Lacie drive problematic in any way? Does it need to be specially partitioned or something? Let me know if there are any steps to be taken.

My Mom is in the hospital, so I am doing this while handling a bunch of other stuff too. Don't fight over stupid stuff, and don't turn this thread into a sh*tstorm, please.

Or point me to a forum where I can get this squared away. Take it easy.


Best,

mightduck