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Fullproof way to backup Snow to an image ? acronis or time machine or anything

what is the best way to backup the entire partition? including bootloader on the partition and all. In case something goes wrong in the future, so I don't have to repeat the past 2 days of troubleshooting and can restore to this current…

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@spalek83 Published 2009-10-25
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what is the best way to backup the entire partition?
including bootloader on the partition and all.
In case something goes wrong in the future, so I don't have to repeat the past 2 days of troubleshooting and can restore to this current setup

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4 technical responses curated from 8 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @thorazine74 2009-10-25

I think no mac backup software will save the mbr or bs, as macs dont rely on that for booting.
So for using Time Machine and the like you need a bootable usb or cd with chameleon to be able to restore the partition and then reinstall the bootloader.
Or else you could try clonezilla or acronis but probably you would need to do a sector by sector backup.

Field Note #2 @Dies 2009-10-25

Does disk utility not work anymore?

I mean on Snow, sorry haven't played with it yet.

Because that's already installed, no need for third party anything, and the only thing you need to restore is to boot from the install disk.

Field Note #3 @lancelotu 2009-10-26 ↳ Re: @spalek83
@spalek83what is the best way to backup the entire partition? including bootloader on the partition and all. In case something goes wrong in the future, so I don't have to repeat the past 2 days of troubleshooting and can restore to this current setup

I think the best solution is CopyCatX . I know it's not free (I am quite sure that won't stop you to try it) but it's the fastest by far.

Field Note #4 @thorazine74 2009-10-26 ↳ Re: @lancelotu
@lancelotuI think the best solution is CopyCatX . I know it's not free (I am quite sure that won't stop you to try it) but it's the fastest by far.

Backing up is easy, the question is how the restore would work on a non-efi machine when your system partition wont boot, does CopyCatX's Recovery CD boot in a hackintosh? I suppose it doesnt...
The easiest way IMO is having Chameleon installed in a USB or DVD, booting from there and restoring from Time Machine or any Disk Image based backup using the install DVD.

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