![]() ![]() So those are my main questions - can I enable Time Machine without wiping out files already copied to an external hard drive, and, once I've copied my entire internal hard drive to the external drive, can I boot up with the external drive and work on it? Thanks. Edit: A better solution would be to buy a second drive 1-2TB for your extra storage files, and then letting Time machine. From there it just becomes pointing time machine at the correct partition and copying your files to the other. Likely a 2TB storage drive, and a 3TB backup drive. I'm just worried that Time Machine might erase the files on my external drive, then poop out before it's finished creating a virtual clone. Using disk utility I would split the drive into partitions. However, I'm a little conerned because my hard drive is failing. Since it has 1 TB of space, that should be a breeze.īut can I use an external hard drive when it already contains files? In other words, will enabling Time Machine wipe out the files I've already copied to my external drive? Ordinarily, it wouldn't be a problem I'd simply be replacing some folders with ALL the contents of my internal hard drive, including those same folders. ![]() In other words, I need about 775 GB space on my external hard drive (570 GB for a virtual clone of my internal drive and 200 GB for the files I've already copied to it. My internal hard drive is 750 GB, of which about 180 GB is free. One more question: I've backed up some files on my new external drive - about 200 GB in several folders. I've done that with Carbon Copy Cloner before.Īnyway, that's my main question - can one boot up a MacBook Pro on a virtual clone created by Time Machine instead of using the internal hard drive? If so, how do you access it? I think I recall having to hold down a key (Option?) while the computer is booting up, which forces it to give you a choice of hard drives. I later realized that I might be able to boot up with my external drive and work with my cloned hard drive if my internal hard drive. It's one of the new models that don't need a power cord you just connect it to your computer.Īnyway, a guy at the Genius Bar told me that I can use Time Machine to create a virtual clone on an external drive. I haven't backed up my data for a while, so I bought a new 1 Terabyte Seagate Drive for Mac. I just learned that my hard drive is failing.
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