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Storing a copy of a bootable backup on a Duo v1
Hi All I'm running OSX 10.6.8 on a Mac Pro and using Decimus Synk to maintain a bootable backup of my boot drive. The bootable backup is stored on a second physical hard drive in the Mac Pro. My...
I use CCC for back-ups. I would try cloning the system drive to a sparsediskimage on the duo and try backing up from there.
Do you have a spare hard disk? I would suggest cloning the system disk, shut the system down, insert the spare disk into a spare bay, restart, clone the diskimage from the Duo to the new disk, shutdown, pull the original system disk and restart. You may have to select the bootable disk when you restart. I used a similar technique when I moved my system disk to a SSD.
I would not rely on a procedure to work until you have tested it though!
Do you have a spare hard disk? I would suggest cloning the system disk, shut the system down, insert the spare disk into a spare bay, restart, clone the diskimage from the Duo to the new disk, shutdown, pull the original system disk and restart. You may have to select the bootable disk when you restart. I used a similar technique when I moved my system disk to a SSD.
I would not rely on a procedure to work until you have tested it though!
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