How to Install and Boot Mac OSX Leopard or Snow Leopard on an External Hard Drive

[johnnyecho]

hi Huskermania - i did everything on this video (to install my OS 10.6) but when it comes to mounting the Disk Image to teh external the following comes up . "Could not find any scan information. The source image needs to be imagescanned before it can be restored." any ideas why.... appreciate the help if you can. thanks.

[Scootfast]

This does not work in OS 10.7.2

- There is no erase destination check box in disk utility.

When you click "Restore" the following appears:

"To restore the disk image, Disk Utility must scan it first. To cancel the scan and stop restoring the disk image, click Cancel."

Then:

Unable to scan "INSTALL." (Resource busy)

Any clues anyone?

[jlafou1]

@Scootfast Yes, after you have the "Mac OS X Install DVD.cdr" showing on the left. Go to file, open disk image" and select "Mac OS X Install DVD cdr" This will actually mount it and you are good to go from there. Just simply clicking the sub source "Mac OS X Install DVD" (with no .cdr) should fill in the source field for you. Hope this helps!

[Bredt686]

I have followed the steps many times and everything seems to be exactly as specified in the video.But, I always get the same result: a response that says "Restore Failure "could not find any scan information. The source needs to be image scanned before it can be restored". Any suggestions will be appreciated.

[watchcartoonseries]

@Bredt686 I have the same problem, it says unable to scan (resource busy) any suggestions, anyone

Thanks for any help :)

[jlafou1]

@watchcartoonseries See my response above to Scootfast. Worked for me.

[05jolea]

Will this process work with Power-PC macs??



[Midnightxi]

This guys lip smacking DROVE ME INSANE, I wanted to punch a baby

[PaRoDiEr1993]

@Midnightxi WHY GOD! ITS THE LIP SMACKING THAT MAKES ME PUNCH INFANTS!!!!!

[puneeettt91]

hey can u tell me hw can i install linux on external hdd nd den boot into it?????

[oXProskillzXo]

@puneeettt91 installing linux (ubuntu) on eHDD is easy....

[CRYOmine]

so you can install this on PC if you use a friends mac?

[itsmematthew]

what if i WANT to wipe everything off Macintosh HD ?

[Dignityrblx]

Hi, i have the same hard drive as you by the looks of it but when i try to boot from it it crashes my splash screen before even getting to the "Press any key to boot from external device" prompt? any fix?

My known specs---

1. Windows 8 build 8102 [downloaded free from windows site]

2. Intel i3 processor

3. HP G62x Laptop

External Hard Drive im using---

1. Western Digital 1.5 TB My Book External HDD

2. installed on the drive is a completed bootable copy of Mac OS 10 6 2 from Hazard

[Cainy22598]

Can you still store things on the hard drive.

[399oly]

hay help help help

trying to boot of an external drive reboot hold option select my external drive then on the gray apple screen it does beeep beeep beep beeep beep beep

help help help what is wrong?????

[Gratedane66]

attempting to Scan for restore, resulted in the following message:

“Unable to scan “Mac OS X Install DVD.cdr.” (invalid argument)

I had to "scan to restore" before I could go ahead with the restore!!! ??

[gtanthrom]

My mac mini came with two Mac OS Install disc. Is the procedure that same?

[hedgeparkour]

does it work if i connect the External Hard Drive to windows?

[zonemobius]

Search for "Fixing Disk Utility image restore"

[zonemobius]

Unfortunately this doesn't work. .cdr images can't be "imagescanned" and Disk Utility won't let you restore from an unscanned image. This is on a Mac Mini running Show Leopard.  I had to use asr and bless from the command line. Search the web for imagescan and asr.

[RabiUbaid0]

k thts great have you tried it yet

[D3athRa1der]

Hi there. I have a question.

If I make a copy of the Disk image on my firend's mac and copy it over to my computer(Linux PC), can I change it to an ISO File and boot up Snow leopard on my PC?

[alhanounn]

thank you!

thank you!

thank you!

[SuperRandomAdds]

how would i do this if i want to do it with window 7 so i could hold down the option key when i start my mac and i pit my external hdd and it boots up windows

[Characterise]

nah I haven't cj lol I am giving up and going to an apple store let them deal with it for me :/ it's just to hard the hard drive way especially when I'm not computer literate either, I also bought snow leopard off apple website coz of it but that don't work either just keeps ejecting itself waste of my money lol

[cjburke95]

when i try to partition my hard drive, it seem's that my disk utility's just freezes and don't respond? after a while i have to force quit and now when i plug my hard drive in isn't even recognized on any pc or mac ? anybody have an idea how to fix this? :/ thanks :)

[Deathsky22]

@cjburke95 when you go into disk utility, does the harddrive appear at all? just like the model name, like WESTERN DIGITAL BLAH BLAH (an example) or anything?

[cjburke95]

@Deathsky22 yeah it shows up in disk utility but anything i try to do to it it just ends up freezing.

[Deathsky22]

@cjburke95 can you repair it without it freezing?

[cjburke95]

@Deathsky22 no :( 

[Deathsky22]

@cjburke95 hmm.. doesnt really sound like something a mac would do. sorry dude cant help ya :(

[LIVESTRONG2286]

When I drag the install to the destination. I don't get the option to uncheck "erase destination." It automatically says it's going to erase "Install" and copy the contents of "Mac OS X Install DVD.cdr" to it. Will it still work. I'm using Lion.

[Dario550]

@LIVESTRONG2286 hey i'

ve the same problem, do you fixed it? thanks

[Characterise]

also the torrent files i got are .exe how do i convert to mac software that i dont even know what it is because this is my first time owning a macbook

[Characterise]

this is a good video i have done everything but when i press restore and put my password in it comes up with: An error (2) occurred while copying. (No such file or directory)

please help me i just want itunes and stuff on my mac, i have tried everything and looked everywhere on google, its on a normal CD not a dvd/r and a torrent file

[cjburke95]

@Characterise same problem -_- tell me if u find a fix (y)

[mrsideshowsito]

PHEW thanks to this video i was able to figure it out --- almost thought id be in the rut with a dead HD LOL

[allwhitecharger33]

Go big red!

[Nakedpetals]

I get this error: restore failure could not find any scan information the source image needs to be imagescanned before it can be restored

[RabiUbaid0]

I m using windows 7 and i dont wanna delete it so if i will install mac os x in external hard drive then i can boot both plssss reply !

[Taking1n1]

@RabiUbaid0 OMG WTF thats exactly the same what I think

[btp82]

@ghartsho He used a MacBook Pro for the whole thing. It was just a screen shot until he had to turn the computer off and reboot.  Since he obviously can't use a screen shot to show you what to do while the computer is off he switched to a camera and filmed that part.

[ianardo13]

i dont see that check box in disc utility

[geekguy2008]

is there any way to do this on windows?

[sorathekey555]

Is this a clean install?

[quixtar1090]

cant get it to read the drive i have amd mac plz help

[poodletteldoop]

I need help. I have a power mac G5 and when I boot it up while holding the option key, It still shows nothing. What am I doing wrong?

[DESIGNPASSI0N]

I definitely needed this! I've been using a third party dupe app that has produced some minor glitches... hoping this will be much cleaner install.

[TheOllybanks]

this is great, since i upgraded to lion all my PPC apps will not load so i can run them in a little Snow leopard!

[Jeordeon]

Thank you!

[derekpeters04]

the ext hd is not showing up.

[myiscene]

works it with lion?

[joshuacohenjc]

Is there a way to make the one on the external hard drive your old mac, and restore the internal one. i want to restart from scratch but i want the my current one to be accessible through the external hard drive. PLEASE HELP ME, i've been trying for quite a while already but i still haven't found anything yet

[MetalToTheCor]

@joshuacohenjc Yes. Mac (and windows) systems will look for a boot sector on any attached storage device. Just mount the HD with OS X installed into an external enclosure and connect it to the Mac before you start it up.

[cdsboy2000]

I was hoping that I could boot Mac OS X from Mac AND PC, but it seems GUID Partition Table is for Intel Macs only. Master Boot Record is Windows and DOS. Is there a way to use the partitions at boot-up on Windows and Mac?

[cdsboy2000]

Can I somehow erase the Install partition after?

[z2thdr63]

Unfortunately my preferred photo program, ACDSee Pro Mac does not work with Lion. When attempting to follow the video to install OS 5 to an external drive, I do not have the option of "Not Erasing" the install drive when attempting to install. Seems Apple is cloning MS, releasing updates which screw up some programs with only a few enhancements.

[ghartsho]

Did anyone else notice how he was using a iMac at the start (Because the screen was big) then he used a Macbook Pro when he restarted?

[jonathanwdavis]

pressing the option key on startup doesn't seem to work, im running snow leopard with a wireless keyboard, is this something to do with the fact that the bluetooth keyboard doesnt kick in until its started up maybe?

[adrianmunyua]

Can this install work on a usb trancend 2.0 hard drive 500gb ? If I succeedd with the installation will it the os boot if i try booting from a hp computer? I am a pc guy just want to try mac(mac noob)

[Zainiak]

Will it alwqys boit from this disk? Can u delete the old os from the old internal drive? Can you still use the programs you already had on the internal drive? Sorry im a noob

[fannum]

restore failure

could not find any scan information. the source image needs to be imagescanned before it can be restored.

[clumz96]

@fannum i got this aswell

[ghartsho]

@clumz96 Hey man, I got that problem to. Instead, do everything he said to do, then mount that image you created. Then drag that to the restore location, instead of the non mounted image. Worked for me! I'm also going to make a video about it soon, so you can also watch that for help.

[fannum]

I received error massage after the restore steps

[cityeliya]

Beautiful work, very much appreciated

[kbhasikevin]

@jacketnipple yes. but if you're on the internal disk, you can unplug it

[MediaAndMusic]

I'm doing this so i can use disk utility on my external hd to i can repair my internal hd...... Can you use utilities without installing and just running "install" off the externa?

thankyou to anyone that replys any help would be very much appreciated x

[kbhasikevin]

Is this a way to make the Mac's at school my own? I'm stuck with a PC at home...

[isaiahdawg101]

gay only the regular thing came out ha

[TheStraightMusic]

my questions is can i completely remove the OSX from my internel harddrive and use the osx on my externel and just use the internel for storing data like games, files,...etc? pls reply as soon as possible

[Mrtalha876]

I have a power pc i want to install leopard, at 2:22 am i suppose to chose guid or the middle selection PLZ REPLY

[BeastIll2012]

@Mrtalha876 I don't think you can run leopard on power pc because you need intel to run leopard & later.

[TheGadgetguy11]

didnt work!!!

[TheGadgetguy11]

if i do this can i boot up with it on a pc. and us mac osx on my pc ?

[kbhasikevin]

@TheGadgetguy11 no

[jacketnipple]

@kbhasikevin okay so in order for this to work you have to constantly have ur external hardrive plugged in to run the new operating system?

[bestpctips]

can this work if i want to boot on my pc? ill use my mac to do all of it then put a bootloader partition on the usb hdd and boot from there

[multicyberworld]

Hello I've some questions to ask plss reply ASAP.

1.can i Install it on Intel CpU? Will the data on internal hdd Will erase?

2.I have a 8gb flash drive can i boot from there?

3.Can u Please upload the torrent of the image file!!

[bestpctips]

@multicyberworld freakin buy a snow leo disk and use that! its only 30 bucks! dont pirate. people work really hard on these products and deserve some money

[OtochimarU]

This is great! Just one question, I'm using a 16gb thumb drive, how big do I need each partition to be? ( namely: install & leopard 2) that if it is ok with such space, I mean.

[Killer1234505ipod]

@OtochimarU You'll be good, the install needs the install (3gb) and the actual spot for install (10gb).

There shouldn't be a problem.

[thunder1205]

i am watching this on my OSX 10.7 partition on my mac

[nickboutsik]

:)



[iMusicIsMyLife]

Instead of the install disk, can it be an .iso file?

[Dannyxv7]

Can't you do this but intall it on windows 7 then uninstall leapord and install vista? plz reply im desprate D:

[drcoolio93]

is there any way to do this with out an external hard drive? does the external hard drive have to stay plugged in for use of the operating system after installation?

[UTMST]

@Hellhelium11231995 i dont want to run osx on my laptop.. i wish to be able to boot from the external hdd and use the osx operating system i have successfully installed, how can i get pass this problem?

[btalaat]

coooooooooooooooooooooooool

[Hellhelium11231995]

do i need the retail one? or can i use my restore disc?

[LapuLapuKing]

thanks..

[UTMST]

Ive done what you said and it worked perfectly.. Any reason why my pc wont let me boot the external hard drive?

[Hellhelium11231995]

@UTMST because Apple uses EFI to boot up while Windows uses something else. If you want OSX on a pc, search osx 86 wiki on google and click on the first one

[Rayvyn007]

Damn that's pretty slow but it works.

[rayore]

I got as far as installing disc 1 when it asks for disc 2 to finish the installation. I restored both discs to the external hard drive as my disc drive does not work. How do I get past this point?

[rayore]

I got as far as installing disc 1 when it asks for disc 2 to finish the installation. I restored both discs to the external gard drive as my disc drive does not work. How do I get past this point?

[rayore]

Genius. Hours of faffing around and this worked for me. Thanks.

[ilikeipodtouch]

thanks a lot !

If I don't plug in my External drive, will it just boot up on my original OS ?

[rodrigodlm]

Great Video !!! Can I do the same with my just downloaded copy of Mac OS X Lion? it downloaded as a DMG, If I already have some partitions on the external drive, can I add the other 2 we need to make this work? thanx dude !!

[justinbltn]

Thanks for the video, but I'm wondering if it is possible to use bootcamp on the external drive that was just formatted. I've gotten various messages saying that it couldn't be done for external drives, so I made it my internal one. Then it said "The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows." Is it safe to delete the "install" partition after this?

Thanks!

[mynameissuke]

Can you take that external hard drive and put that hard drive in another mac and will it work?

[EddieLikesYeah]

@mynameissuke Yes. The entire OS and all of its files is reading from the flash drive.

[md0is0peace]

can you still use the hard disk as normal

[EddieLikesYeah]

@md0is0peace Yes. Just be sure that your default boot drive on you mac is set for the HDD. This can be configured in System Preferences.

[151bps]

After the password prompt, I am given the following message 'Could not find any scan information. The source image needs to be imagescanned before it can be restored.' What step did I miss?

[jantherockstar]

you have an awsumm video..nice work!!

btw can u partition your external hard disk and install windows and its also bootable.

if u knw i would be glad if u could help me out!!

[mauritiuslisting]

I do appreciate this video... Nice one... thanks

[lockpick123456789]

can you do this on a pc so you can run both os x and win 7

[EddieLikesYeah]

@lockpick123456789 In theory you can, but as of now it's complicated. Wait for more software to come out, then look up some tutorials on YouTube or Google.

[Roliva213b]

Nice video I'm gonna try this

[sushiman1997]

Is it possible to run system updates, and successfully updating everything? And if I get the new OS X Lion when it comes out can i copy the iso image into the hard-drive and open it up while in the hard drive and update it? Is it also possible for me to recognize other USB removable disks while I'm running OS X from the external hard drive? Ex. can i view contents of a folder from my thumb drive while I'm in the boot from the external hard drive containing the Mac OS X?

[EddieLikesYeah]

@sushiman1997 1. System updates should be fine. 2. When Lion comes out, you can update your hard drive pretty easily. When the installer asks you where you would like to install the OS, just select the drive. 3. Yes. Your HDD will be placed as an icon on your desktop. You can open this up and copy/delete/edit files etc. Hope this helped.

[JordyBT]

Can i install Windows to an external hard?.....Actually i've got an internal connected with a SATA to USB cable. So i that possible?

[InbheDax2002]

Was this actually tested on 10.6.x installer DVDs? Or are we assuming what will work for 10.5.x should theoretically work for a 10.6.x DVD?

[OnePrototype]

Is it necessary to create two partitions? I only want to have one partition on my drive. Would it be fine if I had the disk image (of the install DVD) on the same partition that it's installing on?

[ahmadkhairul]

my mac cant even start. it got stuck at the apple logo. how am i to do this??

[mcfakris634]

@cassiescritters what is "my dmg"? Thanks:)

[piplipa]

What about Tiger or Panther? Will either of those work with this method?

Thanks. Brilliant video, helps a lot.

[jahoostyn]

After i install the operating system will be able to still run it without the hardrive?

[deportessports]

are you able to then boot the hard drive on a pc

[zacp4537]

hi great video will i be able to do that with the DMG file i downloaded and do the same way u did it but on the mackintosh HD hardrive thanks

[lexdexus]

I have a mac but does this work if I install windows o the external drive?

[cassiescritters]

"Open "Disk Utility" File-›Open Disk Image...

Select your dmg, and click open

After it, your dmg file will appear on the left side of the Disk Utility's main window.

Double click to it (it will mount it)

Select the mounted volume (below your dmg file)

Right click (Ctrl+Click)

Select "Set as source..." !!! Important: Select the mounted drive as source, and NOT the dmg image!!!

After it, select the destination image.

And click restore."

[tizitas]

@cassiescritters you are the man!!thank you :). excellent point

[cassiescritters]

RE "Restore Failure- Could not find any scan information. The source image needs to be imagescanned before it can be restored." so I did a google search and found:

[piplipa]

@cassiescritters It might be simpler just to rename it to a .cdr image? Would that work?

[Playerz714]

Can you remove the usb after this if i want to keep all my stuff from intern harddrive

[Ipodtouchmaniac100]

If I partitioned my hard drive, it will erase all my data?

[jacetheace97]

when i try this method except i use mac osx tiger and i use a ppc the disk utility in the installer cant detect my hard drive

[Ipodtouchmaniac100]

What would happen if the hard drive unplugged while your booted on Mac?

[piplipa]

@Ipodtouchmaniac100 The state of the machine would stay the same, but trying to run any applications or commands would either shut the system down or give you an internal error.

[electrofreak0]

if you format the external hard drive in 3 partitions, can you use the third partition as space for files from the original installed os?

[TheThuganthem]

is it possible to boot from my ipod external drive

[sayYoon]

can i use the external harddrive and boot it from a windows computer?

[JacobApple1]

thx bro

[jailbreaker0620]

great now someone can show us how to put a mac os on a usb without having a mac. wtf is the point if you already have a mac computer!

[maz888maz]

@jailbreaker0620 you ran idiot, its useful.

[crazzydude14]

@maz888maz no you ran idiot :D

[mxy2kaxl]

can i use the external and and use it internal for later use ?

[softwarexpose]

best tutorial ever love it :)

[WakkoXtreme]

for any one asking . this is for installing mac OSX on what ever not another OS like Linux , Windows 7 and others . why may you ask ?? the mother fucking firmware on your mac won´t let you .

[PIKACHU49386]

A friend of mine sent me his own ISO of OS X but I'm on Ubuntu, I have VirtualBox installed so could I run a virtual computer and do this process so I can install OS X on my netbook?

[turbotechnique]

Hi there,

after I click restore, put in my password I get a window that says

"Restore Failure- Could not find any scan information. The source image needs to be imagescanned before it can be restored." What does this mean?

[xMhw001x]

awesome.

been looking for this =)

another question...would it be possible to install windows 7 to a external HDD?

if so...could you show or link me how?

thank you

[marizmendi1656]

Hey, great video, thanks for sharing. I want to ask you (I'm not an English speaker so, some things I couldn't understand), with this method I can maintain my actual 10.4.11 tiger and my data and applications, but running trough leopard? I mean, I don't need to reinstall all my applications? thanks for any answers.

[synergi05]

This was very helpful. Thank you!

If I decide I want to make my external my new internal drive, will I have to reinstall everything or will it work?

[haywardofj]

worked beautifully!! I was having a problem with my drive so i loaded the disc on my brothers mac, then installed the dvd onto the external hard drive then booted my mac up from the external hard drive! Thank you sooo much

[OpTicValkyrie]

so to basically erase all your old data and start brand new like you just bought the mac u install in on the internal one instead right?

[fcknfrnk]

hey, Im using an Imac G4 800mhz 768mb Ram and running 10.4.11 Tiger.

I have a Firewire 400 external drive

followed your instructions and on reboot *holding option*

i only have my Macintosh HD Available.

My question is how do i use Leopard Assist in conjunction with the install?

Leopard Assist being the program witch "tricks" the install into thinking Im running sufficient CPU speed of 933mhrz

thanks,

Frank

[dheckler587]

This is helpful but what I'm trying to do is upgrade my friend's machine from 10.4.11 to 10.5 Leopard. I have the disk image all set and my external HD ready. Just confused as to what I'm booting into after the install.. Can we boot from the internal HD and still have the new OS on it? Thanks!

[intelinsideTV]

i am buying a imac g3 snow, can i have the iso on the external hard drive and install it to the internal drive without using the cd drive

[thecarmageddon1]

work its good on usb hdd?

[STLscorpio314]

how do i get disk utilities to recognize my ipod?

[citanafocman]

Will this work

1 with a mac without a running os and working hard drive, but a working disk

2 with OS X Tiger

???

[OXOTHUK101]

this long and i don't have mac os x

[chimix86]

GREAT video but after this proces my mac will be have 2 operative systems and my cuestion is... if from the mac usb drive i can see, open , copy , move and dele files or folders located on the internal hard drive ??

help me plzzzzz

[kcnm2609]

I tried this on my imac G5 but I keep getting a small hard disk and no external drives what seems to be the problem?

[kcnm2609]

will this work on a imac G5? I tried it many times buy it will not work

[cBonadonna]

i have two discs to install my OS. what should i do so that both discs are in the install partition

[blckshdw95]

this was soooo helpful, i use my old 2g ipod classic as a repair disk incase anything goes wrong with my macbook, the install disk is no where near as helpful as another full leopard disc

[kadeemanthonybrown]

what do i do if there is no ( OPTION ) button in my disk utility??

it just shows the option ( SPLIT ) ..... is there

something i can do to fix this problem??

[radicalxboy]

will this work for tiger?

[Yamcha67]

thanks :]

[superdoenut]

hey when i try to boot it shows the circle with a line across it wTF!

what up with this

[knoresdg]

will this work for windows

[megamanx452]

@knoresdg NOOOOOOo

[knoresdg]

usb 3.0 is 6 times faster than fire wire

[artlover82]

everything goes well until booting up from USB :/ I press ALT at bootup, I see my BOOTCAMP, DVD, HD Machintosh but i cant see the USB External HDD :( i googled and tried so many things, but no success. any idea about the problem?

[mrseverinasj]

How did you get that smooth mouse movement and opening windows? Thanks.