Backup Question

[Charles Martin]

> 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_

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