[DM-MUG] OS X drag and drop

[Victoria L. Herring]

>My brother in law has been told by Apple service to reinstall  his 
>OS on a G5 to try to solve some problems which are making it 
>unusable. He is trying to backup his data  using Target Disk Mode. 
>He is using drag-and-drop. I believe the OS is 10.3. Will he have 
>trouble with the data from the users directory being usable if he 
>needs it or is this all right? Could he drag and drop to a second HD 
>on the G5?    I would tend to think that a backup program such as 
>Apple Backup or CCC would be safer.
>--

Other options that work better than CCC these days:  MimMac, Super 
Duper, and I can get more ideas == this is a big discussion on 
another list...
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