Just wondering here if anyone knows how to check your Time Machine backups to ensure you have completely restorable data? I currently have two internal hard disks backing up daily onto a much larger FW800 external disk, and losing any of it would be a disaster.

I guess I want to be assured that I can use Disk Utility to restore a Time Machine backup without any glitches if ever necessary. Is there any way check the integrity of the backups?

yeap timemachine is awesome you can use the leopard disk to restore from a backup

Can confirm!
I "lost" my wife's ipod directory, only later to find a oldish HDD with a previous Time Machine backup on it, it restored although it wasn't from the original drive! This was of course after I spent 20min thinking up excuses!

Sticman

I understand how it is supposed to work, of course.

But how can I check the backups to make sure they haven't become corrupt? I have manually created backups before (.dmg) from which I was unable to restore due to errors in the file. So I don't want to completely rely on this "safeguard", Time Machine, without periodic checks on the backup's integrity. I love the simplicity of it though.

you can go back in time machine to your files and "restore" them to another folder on your machine

SticMAN

Hmm.. bump.. anyone know of a system backup application that will create a restorable image and check its integrity as well?

i am no expert -- and not sure if it will do exactly what you want -- but i have seen SuperDuper recommended:
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/Sup...escription.html