At 06:30 AM 08/30/2006, you wrote: >First: > >You can and should use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone your system disk >to an equal sized or larger disk.... >The bad news is if you find you have to migrate to a larger disk you >will probably have a couple entertaining days of renewing software >authorizations,.... An earlier thread on this subject implied that CopyCatX was much better than the alternatives when it comes to including hidden authorization files in the backup system drive. Not so? I bought it but haven't tried it yet, so I can't verify.