Kevin Willis <res19rmg at verizon.net> wrote: >If you use Disk Utility to create a disk image of your start up >drive, will it be a bootable back up? Also, would I need to save it >in a compressed format, or does it need to be read/write? > >Thanks, > >Kevin mike bombich is on apple's payroll now....better off using netrestore (which does what disk utility does PLUS it follows the necessary steps as per asr - do a "man asr" to see what those steps are). don