[Ham-Mac] backups

[David Kelly]

On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 08:47:40AM -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> I also have an external WD USB drive which I bought before realizing  
> that it wasn't bootable.  What are the options here?  I figured that  
> if I had to restore, I could use the original OS X installation DVD  
> to get a basic system running and then restore over that.  Is this  
> practical?

Yes. When the Tiger DVD complained my working filesystem had some sort
of defect that Disk Utility could not repair I Finder-copied everything
to another drive then let the Tiger DVD re-init the original boot drive.
Manually moved things of interest back. There was a migration tool for
moving user accounts that I used first. Did good but for the fact I
ended up with a dkelly and dkelly-old account and some things moved into
Applications were dkelly-old.

I quit using Retrospect sometime during 5.0. Still have at least 20 seat
network license. Recently purchased a DVD-RW bundle from MacSales.com
including a current copy of Retrospect Express, total $65. Looked like
it would cost more than that to upgrade my existing Retrospect. Also I
should be able to burn DVDs now faster than 1x which is all my MDD's
"Super"drive does.

Another vendor was selling USB2 PCI cards with NEC chipset for $10.
Thought it worth the risk that Tiger would recognize so my Canon camera
could download its 1GB CF faster.

Watch for USB (and rarer USB/Firewire) enclosures listed at
http://bensbargains.net/. Got a 2.5" USB1.1/2 enclosure for $12
delivered. Put the 10G drive out of my Powerbook in it. Works very well
and is essentially pocket size. Been thinking of a combo Firewire/USB
enclosure for 3.5" to put a spare IDE drive in. USB-only are often $20,
combo $30. Most combo are 5.25"

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David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly at HiWAAY.net
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