Can't Restore HD

[wacarrington]

I have been backing up with Retrospect Express

 

(w/Upgrade 4.3) for some time on both a 1 GB Jaz

 

Drive and an external Firewire Hard Drive. I recently

 

simulated the following hypothetical:

 

I have "scrogged" my HD and decided to rebuild it

 

from my latest backup. I boot from my Retrospect

 

CD-ROM, since I can't boot from my HD, and on the

 

screen I see the Retrospect installer window

 

I am now stuck! My mouse is a USB version from

 

LogiTech and has worked fine for backup use but

 

now it doesn't light up or move the cursor in the

 

window the CD brought up. How do I proceed with

 

the rebuild of my Hard Disc from either of my

 

backups? I seem to have a wonderful backup

 

application but no way to use it to restore my

 

Hard Disc! Help!

 

 

[Mayoff]

Hello,

 

 

 

The Retrospect CD does not contain Logitech Mouse Drivers. You may need to do the following:

 

 

 

1) Install the Mac OS (and mouse drivers)

 

2) Install Retrospect

 

3) Rename the Mac OS 9 or earlier system folder to "old System Folder"

 

4) Perform a Restore Entire Disk

 

5) Trash the "Old System Folder"

 

6) Restart

 

7) Rebuild the Desktop

[wacarrington]

Thanks, that sounds like a winner. Do I understand that the

 

"old system folder" which I have named really contains the

 

temporary OS that I installed as a first step in restoring and

 

that I can trash it after I have rebuilt my HD during "Restore"

 

since I now have my old OS back on my HD? Again, thank you

 

- I was between a rock and a hard place there for a while!

 

By the way, I like your picture!!

 

Bill Carrington

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mayoff]

>Do I understand that the

 

>"old system folder" which I have named really contains the

 

>temporary OS that I installed as a first step in restoring and

 

>that I can trash it after I have rebuilt my HD during "Restore"

 

>since I now have my old OS back on my HD?

 

 

 

Yes, you are correct.