> From: matblack at mac.com >> I figured I'd reinstall using original system disks if a problem, then >> restore all backup files from Dantz Retrospect, which came with my >> drive and I've been using without problems. > Does Dantz not give you a "make bootable" option? It didn't the last time I looked at it. Retrospect compresses its data, making booting impossible. > The drawback to this these days is that even with Panther I had about > an hour of updates to install... which of course did not execute > properly so had to be repeated... and the Carbon Copy is only $20 or > something... Last I looked, CCC was donationware (suggested donation $10). This is why CCC, for me, beats out Retrospect -- there's no compression, all your updates and everything are still in place because CCC produces a clone of your bootable HD. _Chas_ FL-MUG: central Florida's Macintosh User Group. Meetings: second Thursday of the month, 6-9pm, at the Orlando Science Center. http://www.flmug.org