Restoring startup disk from Time Machine
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From: Mike Rosenberg on 23 May 2010 11:36 Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > This is a problem that Disk Warrior and TechTool Pro can easily repair, > > and they're useful utilities to have on hand in general anyway, so if > > you don't mind spending some money and waiting a little... > > For me, it seems if I've got everything backed up, a reformat and > restore is the better way to go. It seems like a lot of extra time and effort when DW can often fix the problem in several minutes. The time issue is definitely of interest to my clients, both in terms of their cost and their down time. -- Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi> Make money while saving money <http://www.bign.com/mrosenberg>
From: Jolly Roger on 23 May 2010 11:47 In article <1jiy054.fxkdgt1vc7lfkN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>, mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote: > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > > This is a problem that Disk Warrior and TechTool Pro can easily repair, > > > and they're useful utilities to have on hand in general anyway, so if > > > you don't mind spending some money and waiting a little... > > > > For me, it seems if I've got everything backed up, a reformat and > > restore is the better way to go. > > It seems like a lot of extra time and effort when DW can often fix the > problem in several minutes. The time issue is definitely of interest to > my clients, both in terms of their cost and their down time. I generally consider a clean reformat to be superior to putting my trust in a bit-twiddling disk repair utility. : ) I guess I'm a bit of a purist in that respect. I've been burned in the past. To each his own, though. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Mike Rosenberg on 23 May 2010 12:19 Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > It seems like a lot of extra time and effort when DW can often fix the > > problem in several minutes. The time issue is definitely of interest to > > my clients, both in terms of their cost and their down time. > > I generally consider a clean reformat to be superior to putting my trust > in a bit-twiddling disk repair utility. : ) I guess I'm a bit of a > purist in that respect. I've been burned in the past. To each his own, > though. They have problems, I show up, they don't have problems after I leave. I think you'd be hard pressed to convince them to pay me to stay longer for a "better" fix. How can you know that, in restoring from a backup, you're not restoring directory errors that were faithfully backed up in the first place? -- Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi> Make money while saving money <http://www.bign.com/mrosenberg>
From: Jolly Roger on 23 May 2010 15:17
In article <1jiy1rp.12j0d1214yyqfeN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>, mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote: > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > > It seems like a lot of extra time and effort when DW can often fix the > > > problem in several minutes. The time issue is definitely of interest to > > > my clients, both in terms of their cost and their down time. > > > > I generally consider a clean reformat to be superior to putting my trust > > in a bit-twiddling disk repair utility. : ) I guess I'm a bit of a > > purist in that respect. I've been burned in the past. To each his own, > > though. > > They have problems, I show up, they don't have problems after I leave. I > think you'd be hard pressed to convince them to pay me to stay longer > for a "better" fix. If it works for you, that's great, and I think you should continue doing that. : ) Like I said, to each his own. > How can you know that, in restoring from a backup, you're not restoring > directory errors that were faithfully backed up in the first place? Because typically the kind of backups I make are file-level backups, not sector-level backups. So directory entries are not preserved or restored. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR |