Restoring startup disk from Time Machine
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From: Gerry on 22 May 2010 12:30 My internal hard disk on my G4 PowerBook (running Leopard) developed an un-reparable problem (invalid sibling link, invalid node structure). What is the easiest way of restoring my files on my startup disk from the Time Machine backup?
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kir=E1ly?= on 22 May 2010 13:32 Gerry <everyday(a)sunrise.net> wrote: > My internal hard disk on my G4 PowerBook (running Leopard) developed an > un-reparable problem (invalid sibling link, invalid node structure). > What is the easiest way of restoring my files on my startup disk from > the Time Machine backup? Boot up from your Leopard DVD. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. Run Disk Utility on your TM drive to ensure it too is not corrupted. If it's okay, use Disk Utility to reformat (aka erase) your internal hard disk. Then select "Restore from Backup" under the Utilities menu. Choose the backup you want to restore. Go out for lunch. -- K. Lang may your lum reek.
From: Gerry on 22 May 2010 13:52 In article <FyUJn.4485$Z6.697(a)edtnps82>, me(a)home.spamsucks.ca (Kir�ly) wrote: > Gerry <everyday(a)sunrise.net> wrote: > > My internal hard disk on my G4 PowerBook (running Leopard) developed an > > un-reparable problem (invalid sibling link, invalid node structure). > > What is the easiest way of restoring my files on my startup disk from > > the Time Machine backup? > > Boot up from your Leopard DVD. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities > menu. Run Disk Utility on your TM drive to ensure it too is not > corrupted. If it's okay, use Disk Utility to reformat (aka erase) > your internal hard disk. Then select "Restore from Backup" under the > Utilities menu. Choose the backup you want to restore. Go out for > lunch. Those are the instructions I was able to find after posting my message. My problem is that my Time Machine hard disk besides backing up my internal drive it also backs up two other external drives, so using the above method Time Machine reported that there was enough room on my internal drive to complete the restore process. One of my external drives is bootable so I started up from that and entered Time Machine and am (yes I'll be going to eat, brunch in my time zone) restoring my startup disk from Time Machine itself, by passing the Disk Utilities method.
From: Mike Rosenberg on 22 May 2010 15:52 Gerry <everyday(a)sunrise.net> wrote: > My internal hard disk on my G4 PowerBook (running Leopard) developed an > un-reparable problem (invalid sibling link, invalid node structure). > What is the easiest way of restoring my files on my startup disk from > the Time Machine backup? 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... -- 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 11:23
In article <1jiwhaj.a8mvkxxuey0aN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>, mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote: > Gerry <everyday(a)sunrise.net> wrote: > > > My internal hard disk on my G4 PowerBook (running Leopard) developed an > > un-reparable problem (invalid sibling link, invalid node structure). > > What is the easiest way of restoring my files on my startup disk from > > the Time Machine backup? > > 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. -- 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 |