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Post #3 by myequation
Source ForumMacintosh SE Hard-Drive setup and file tranfer basics. Help — #3
CategorySoftware
Post DateTue, 29 Sep 2015 - 22:53
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/macintosh-se-hard-drive-setup-and-file-tranfer-basics-help.2739/
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david__schmidt said:
Disk-based file transfer on a Mac generally takes the form of dragging/dropping a folder from one disk to another.  There are various levels of abstraction at play here, so it will help to zero in on exactly what you want to do and how.  But in general, these dsk images you speak of would be hosted/mounted by something (i.e. Floppy Drive EMU) so as to present an icon on the desktop for dragging.

There was of course plenty of backup/restore software back in the day.  But the method I find most useful is to just plug both drives (source/target) into the same box and drag/drop away.  So, you'd plug a backup SCSI drive into the SCSI port of the SE.
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That's incredibly simple, I was expecting something much more cryptic and difficult.

As for HD cloning and backup. Do you have any suggestions on software?

My preference would be making a HD image and transfer it onto the Floppy Emulator.  Clone it to SD card before I start repairs etc.

I've spent most of my life working on modern PCs.  So I understand what I want to do.  Though working with 25+ Macs is confusing at times.

I noticed you are in NC. Me too! down in Asheville.

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