demasterbaas Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Okay, I've got my OS X 10.5.4 running perfect now. All hardware, drivers ans software are running fine. So how can I best make a backup of my OS X partition, that I can simply restore (with some sort of boot CD or whatever) in case of, for example, in the future updating to 10.5.5 fails. Or installing new drivers locks up my system on boot, etc, etc... Any ideas?? PS I tried a Norton Ghost image and a Disk Utility image in the past, but wasn't successful with it... Had to do the whole reinstall from the beginning :-( Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118116-how-to-create-a-backup-of-my-os-x-partition/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_maestro Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 I do the exact same thing you're talking about all the time. I use Hatchery to clone the entire disk to an external usb drive, then use osx86 tools to install the bootloader (use the Install EFI/Run fdisk command, and you'll get your choice of 3 or 4 different bootoaders - I prefer Chameleon EFI.). Then if you need to revert to your backup, boot from the external drive, use hatchery to clone it back and osx86 tools to install the bootloader, and you're right back where you started. Best of luck. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118116-how-to-create-a-backup-of-my-os-x-partition/#findComment-838496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
demasterbaas Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 Going to try that for a partition only (cloning 500GB is a bit to much and I don't have an external disk of that size...)! I found the OSX86 Tools, where can I find Hatchery?? Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118116-how-to-create-a-backup-of-my-os-x-partition/#findComment-839091 Share on other sites More sharing options...
demasterbaas Posted August 12, 2008 Author Share Posted August 12, 2008 Works great! Only I was unable to select source and destination partitions (drop down lists where grayed out!?), but used Disk Utility to unmount partitions I didn't want to clone from/to untill Hatchery choose the right ones. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118116-how-to-create-a-backup-of-my-os-x-partition/#findComment-854155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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