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Originally Posted by dnanian
Actually, if your plan is to reinstall, I'd just update your backup, do your clean install, then use the Migration Assistant to migrate from the backup to the fresh drive.
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Great idea! Why didn't I think of that? I presume the Migration Asst will have no problem recognizing my backup partition as a "drive".
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Originally Posted by dnanian
I wouldn't touch the backup: no need. But, when you say "fully functional", does that mean iTunes is OK on the backup?
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Another good point. I haven't actually tried running iTunes from the backup. I HAVE run diagnostic tools, email, and a few other things, all of which worked fine. I'll give it a try...
(Meanwhile, I am also attacking the problem from another front: I have just discovered Apple's support document on rebuilding your music library. [They could have made the process a lot easier!] Am in the process right now.)
Many thanks for your help.