Bruce1947 Posted April 7, 2003 Report Share Posted April 7, 2003 I'm really confused about something that seems pretty basic. An Apple tech told me that system folders have to be restored from the original Macintosh CD. Is this true? (I run OS 9.2.) It seems to me that I once restored the entire contents of a damaged hard drive, including the system folder, from an Express BU set. These days, I do my daily backups from one hard drive to another, using express's "Duplicate One volume to Another" function. Can I use this backup to restore everything to the original volume, including the system folder? Or do I, as the tech says, have to use the original Mac software Restore disk to re-acquire the system, and then painstakingly add back all the third party extensions? Thanks in advance for your help. Bruce Siegel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted April 7, 2003 Report Share Posted April 7, 2003 Mac OS 9 is very flexible. You do not need to restore from the original CD. You just need a valid system folder that isn't damaged. A good backup copy of the data is usually just fine for a restore. The Retrospect User's guide has clear directions on restoring a full system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce1947 Posted April 7, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2003 Thanks for the response. I see in my User's Guide instructions on restoring from a snapshot. I don't see instructions on restoring a full system that has been backed up to a second hard drive using "Duplicate One Volume to Another." I have User's Guide Version 4.2 first edition (1999). Can you give me a page number? Should I simply drag the backed up files back to the original disk using the Finder? And a final question: I do my daily backups from one hard drive to another. I like to back up my entire working drive (consisting mostly of about 2 or 3 GB of system files and applications). Do you recommend using the "Duplicate One Volume to Another" function, or the "Back up Files to Back up Set" function? Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted April 7, 2003 Report Share Posted April 7, 2003 Just duplicate in the opposite direction. That is the same as a "restore". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce1947 Posted April 7, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2003 Thanks! Seems pretty obvious but I didn't think of that. What I've done in the past is to use the finder to copy the files back to the original drive. Does this give different results? Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyJ Posted April 7, 2003 Report Share Posted April 7, 2003 No - but the Finder will not run a verification pass to ensure the files are copied properly, nor will it do an intelligent copy - copy new or changed files only when overwriting an existing folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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