Using Drive Genius 3 to create a dual-boot Mac

Using Drive Genius 3 to create a dual boot Mac

With Apple on its heels of releasing Mountain Lion this summer I thought I would revisit volume cloning with Drive Genius 3’s “ Duplicate “ feature. This may sound trivial but before you upgrade to Mountain Lion I highly recommend backing up your existing Lion install and preserve it by making a bootable clone of it. During the release of Lion last year, I recall a good number of users purchasing Data Rescue 3 to recover their User folders documents , images , Movies, Mail and Audio after a failed attempt of a Lion upgrade. This can happen and it does, but the difference is when you have a bootable clone of your existing Mac OSX you can easily try another attempt to upgrade rather than have to reload Snow Leopard or Lion. If you find that your main applications or a good percentage of them are not updated but you still want to get on board with Lion or Mountain Lion when its released ,you can use Drive Genius 3 and repartition your drive and add an additional volume to run a “ Dual Boot Mac “.

The benefits of clone backups before upgrading and operating system can be enormous. Having a clone back and possibly running a dual boot Mac with A copy of your previous OSX on it allows you to migrate to the new OSX over time or incrementally. At one point you will find some apps that may not work with the new operating system and either not launch or work properly. This is another example where a dual boot Mac can be highly beneficial until complete support is available with your new OSX and your previous installed software.

You can use Drive Genius 3 ‘s“ Repartition” and “ Duplicate “ tools to create a extra volume on your Mac HD, then clone your existing Mac OSX to the newly added volume. by following theses “How-to guides”.

Resizing your drive / volume and adding an additional partition

Using Duplicate to clone your Drive or Volume: how to guide

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Mike Fiato

Technical Support at Prosoft Engineering Inc.

I have been working for Prosoft Engineering for 4 years by supporting our Mac & PC users with hard drive utilities and data recovery applications. My focus is continually updating our award-wining products with new versions, by listening to our customers and researching market conditions. I am seasoned high tech professional with 10 plus years of experience in hardware and software as a Technical Support Manager, Field Application Engineer and Product Manager. Specializing in Mac & PC workstation hardware/software support, performance computing, benchmarking, technical marketing and product sales training. I have attended numerous trade shows, provided technical onsite training , supported Tier 1 & 2 OEM's and have submitted performance workstations to SPEC.org for benchmarking verification results. My hands on approach has kept my experience diverse and relevant to the markets I support directly over the years. In addition to my experience listed I genuinely have a special interest in technical trends, advances in mass storage, data recovery, graphics cards and mobile computing. When I have time and can schedule it, I like to go low tech and visit the outdoors, lakes, rivers and oceans to fish for variety of species. I also enjoy traveling, remodeling my house, wood working and online FPS games. Having multiple hobbies is great way to disconnect from work and the everyday schedule to unwind and relax.

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