Just a real quick question

[snverhallen]

Hi there,

Just a quick nooby question. How would I transfer a cloned HD from an external HD onto my internal HD on my Mac.

So for example I just wiped my iMac's internal HD and would just like to "place" my cloned system on the external HD onto my iMac's internal drive.

Thanks in advance,

snverhallen

[dnanian]

You would follow the steps to "Recover from a disaster" in the User's Guide, snverhallen...

[snverhallen]

You would follow the steps to "Recover from a disaster" in the User's Guide, snverhallen...

Thank you, I know it was a stupid question, but it's nice hearing it from someone who knows their stuff because as you can understand I don't wanna mess around with doing backups incorrectly.

So just to clarify I just restore?

[dnanian]

Yep, it's just a restore.

[OSman]

Yep, it's just a restore.
Dave: Then... one should NEVER use a "clone" volume (say on an external B/U drive) & simply "copy" it, ala SD!, to a blank Internal volume?

I did not know about SD!'s 'Restore' option...

Cheers, JIm B

[dnanian]

A "Backup - all files" and a "Restore - all files" will both "restore". The latter ensures that you don't copy back your Time Machine backups, if they're on the same volume. That's the only difference.