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Post by Forum Cat on Jan 11, 2009 20:37:49 GMT
After the error, could he have reinstalled via the Combo update before attempting to zap his machine with an Erase & Install? Welcome, welcome. Pull up a desk and sit down. Yes, that would have been a very good suggestion. In fact he should have done that before using the cloned backup. He may have had a correct install and saved himself a lot of work. Now as you are the new boy you mush stand face the class and Say hello and introduce yourself
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Post by wierdostomps on Jan 12, 2009 18:20:02 GMT
So… I've just taken delivery of my new Seagate Freeagent Desk for Mac. 1.5Tb of Mac formatted HD. I've partitioned it and am just restoring my install DVD onto my Time Machine Partition to make it bootable, then I'll set it to backup each time it is plugged into my MBP and I'll be able to be a smug g*t again
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Post by Forum Cat on Jan 12, 2009 19:38:53 GMT
So… I've just taken delivery of my new Seagate Freeagent Desk for Mac. 1.5Tb of Mac formatted HD. I've partitioned it and am just restoring my install DVD onto my Time Machine Partition to make it bootable, then I'll set it to backup each time it is plugged into my MBP and I'll be able to be a smug g*t again Do you prefer this to making an incremental backup via one of the cloning tools?
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Post by wierdostomps on Jan 12, 2009 20:38:17 GMT
Ideally it isn't an either/ or! But the reality is that like so many before the advent of TM, my incremental backups were sporadic - usually performed before I was to be separated from my beloved laptop for more than a couple of hours! To be honest, I haven't had a systematic backup regime at home since the days when I used Retrospect to back up to Iomega Zip drives. I've just been lucky as my drives have only failed gradually enough for me to take a quick backup when it started making noises like yours did. I do also have my important files backed up to Mozy - which gives you a couple of Gb for free. Incidentally, if anyone considers opening a Mozy account, send me a PM and I'll send you a link. If you sign up from my invitation, I get additional space. Cheers Tim
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