How to Backup and Clone Your Hard Drive in Mac OS X using Disk Utility

Here’s how to use Disk Utility to clone and backup your hard drive:

• Fire the Mac OS X disk that came along with your Mac. To do this, insert the CD or DVD into your Mac, and hold down the C key while your Mac restarts.

• Go ahead select your language. Don’t worry: You’re not installing Mac OS X again - this is just what you have to do to get to Disk Utility. When the menu bar appears, select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.

• When Disk Utility opens, you’ll want to select your source. This is the hard drive you want to clone and/or backup. After you have a source, select the Destination. This is the hard drive you want to save the backup image to.

• Click Restore and you’ll end up with a perfect copy of your hard drive. Restart your computer and you’re good to go!

That’s it……