[MacTUG] Time Machine question

[Steve Hellyer]

Hi Glen,

I would not trust that time machine backup.  Clearly there is  
something wrong with the source and time machine may have backupd the  
problem.

First I would run DiskWarrior to see if it just a filing system error  
on the internal drive.  That might fix the problem.
If it does I would clear the time machine backup and start that new.

If this doesn't fix the problem.
I would perform a Carbon copy clone to an external firewire drive.   
Clean install of 10.5 on internal and then when it asks if you want to  
migrate plug in the external drive and have the install pick up the  
setting from the external drive Will look like another MAc in target  
disk mode).  Migration walks through the setting rather than just  
coping them.

You will like need to enter any serial number for application the  
person has when running them on the new system.

Other issues to watch for when moving from 10.4 to 10.5.  Check  
Plugins are current.  Quicktime add ons, Safari add ons. Mail Plugins  
etc..

Good luck,

Steve

On 27-Mar-08, at 10:07 AM, Glenn Anderson wrote:

> Here is the situation...
>
> I have a user that after upgrading (10.4 ->10.5) is having problems  
> with their iMac not booting up correctly (most of the time). As I  
> suspect it might be a case of something being carried over from 10.4  
> to 10.5 that is causing a problem, and that they maybe should do a  
> clean install.
>
> The person does have a time machine backup of their system, and is  
> willing to do a clean OS  install of 10.5 (i.e. erase their hard  
> disk and such). After which they feel that they should be able to  
> simply connect their time machine backup drive and restore their  
> files.
>
> This sounds easy enough, but as I have not had a chance to try this  
> sort of thing out with time machine, I am somewhat reluctant to tell  
> them to go ahead. For example, when they plug in their backup drive,  
> will time machine on the rebuilt system know that the drive is their  
> time machine backup drive and allow them to restore from it? Or is  
> there a chance that Time Machine will ask them if they want to use  
> the drive as their time machine backup drive and when they say "yes"  
> it will reformat it?
>
> Has anyone done this?
>
> If this fails, can I easily mount the backup drive as a "normal"  
> drive and recover the files by hand?
>
> PS. I would prefer to have a CarbonCopy backup of their system, but  
> they don't have a spare drive for this.
>
>
>
> Glenn Anderson
> Client Services, IST
> University of Waterloo
> Waterloo, On
> 519-888-4567 x33327
> anderson at uwaterloo.ca
>
>
>

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