jsobel 0 Report post Posted September 19, 2013 Does anyone have experience with cloning a complete disk using Retrospect 10. I have tried it, and always end up with 2000+ execution errors. Things like: *File "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/usr/share/man/man3/Tcl_Close.3tcl": can't link to "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/usr/share/man/man3/Tcl_Seek.3tcl", error -1101 ( file/directory not found) In this case the error message is clearly misleading since both files are found on their respective locations. Other error messages are of the type: *File "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Applications/Utilities/Retrospect/Retrospect.app/Contents/Frameworks/Sparkle.framework/Versions/A/Resources/pt.lproj/SUUpdatePermissionPrompt.nib": different data size (src: 12723, dest: 0) *File "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mdworker32_2013-08-27-161621_SEABB-IS-12066.cpu_resource.spin": appears incomplete It only shows 500 messages, so there may be many others. Can I trust the clone ? I log out before the clone is performed so that there will be a minimum of open files and other activity going on, by of no avail. P.S I can't find a practical way to search this forum. Just the complete website. Any hints? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lennart_T 157 Report post Posted September 19, 2013 Repair the hard drive: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1782 Instead of using Retrospect for just duplicating, I use Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper. I use Retrospect for backups, not duplicates. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CallMeDave 7 Report post Posted September 23, 2013 I log out before the clone is performed so that there will be a minimum of open files and other activity going on Even when you're logged out of OS X there is a lot of open file activity. Expecting to get an exact clone of a running system onto another volume is unreasonable. For example, mdworker is famously intensive, and evidence of a difference in the destination is to be expected. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Don Lee 72 Report post Posted September 24, 2013 The only way to get a good duplicate is to duplicate the disk when it is not running OS. Target mode is your friend. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
