[DM-MUG] Backing Up Installed System

[Ray Bowler]

Clone the drive to another volume. SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner 
do a good job of producing a bootable backup. You can use the same 
programs to restore the system. Just keep in mind that in OS 10 just 
drag and drop will on work for system backup.


At 1:03 AM -0500 12/3/07, CMSSpace at aol.com wrote:
>I have an iMac that came with the system pre-installed.  I have been 
>making backups of all data and applications on the drive but how do 
>I make a backup that could be used to put a system back on to a 
>drive.  I actually do have the system disks but I have upgraded the 
>software as it comes out.  Is there something I should be backing up 
>so I don't have to go back to the start if needed?  I just want to 
>make sure that I m backing up the right information.

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Ray Bowler

rbowler.home.mchsi.com