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10.3: Image, clone, and restore drives with Disk Utility
Authored by: asknathan.com on Nov 20, '03 02:13:07PM

I have found the restore feature works well if you know of the pitfalls.
Pitfall 1) if you are making an image for restore use Images->New->image from folder. Images->New->image from drive1 creates an image that can't be scanned for restore.
Once the image is created dismount the image and scan for restore
Dual boot caution!!! If you are needing the computer to boot into Mac OS 9 do not use the Erase Destination checkbox in the restore panel. Erase it "manually" with the disk utility with the "Install Mac OS 9 Disk Driver" checkbox. Then you can restore **without the Erase Destination** box checked.

This is really important especially in the bondi and "fruit flavored" iMacs because if the driver partition is missing the computer will stall midboot and will not allow Mac OS 9 to boot even from a CD.



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