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Reinstalling from a Time Machine backup
Authored by: gidds on May 18, '09 01:30:18PM
I know it'd be cool if Time Machine backups were bootable.  But you can still use them even if your disk is completely hosed.  Just boot off the Mac OS X CD, and use that to restore the whole drive from any of the backups.  Presto!

It may take a while, so having a separate, bootable clone may be a giid idea too. But it does work; even to a new, freshly-formatted drive.  More details on various sites, such as this blog entry.

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