Back up drive for safekeeping?

[John Foundas]

Hi there, I'm a bit confused about the difference between making a "backup" and "copy" of a drive. I'm trying to make a protective copy of my main scratch drive which has all of my raw files and project timelines...
Can someone offer a very simple bullet point list of how to do this.

many thanks!!!!!!

 

[arniepix]

I use Carbon Copy Cloner. It's free to download & use.

 

[J Michael]

In certain contexts you might need to restore all files and structure, such as for an operating system. Some files have attributes that restrict their visibility or accessibility for which a simple copy process might fail. Another aspect is versioning - if you need the capability to recover as of a point in time that might dictate how the files are copied and stored. For your particular case you need to know/decide what criteria apply for your case. If you just have some files you need to protect against loss (e.g. your 2013 footage) then copying those to an external drive might solve your problem.

 

[David Saraceno]

I use Carbon Copy Cloner. It's free to download & use.

Older copies are, but newer versions are now a $39.95 purchase.

http://sites.fastspring.com/bombich/product/ccc

 

[John Foundas]

I use Carbon Copy Cloner. It's free to download & use.

It does a copy/backup of your OS, but what about an external scratch disc like a 4tb raid?

 

[arniepix]

Older copies are, but newer versions are now a $39.95 purchase.

http://sites.fastspring.com/bombich/product/ccc

Which might be the best $40 you ever spend!

 

[arniepix]

It does a copy/backup of your OS, but what about an external scratch disc like a 4tb raid?

That's no problem. So long as you have a large enough volume to hold the data that you're backing up.

 

[David W. Jones]

On a Mac you also have time machine available for backups.