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driven · Aug 5, 2004, 12:44 AM

Is there a utility for the Mac similar to Ghost on the PC?

Chuckit · Aug 5, 2004, 01:09 AM

Interestingly, there was an ad for this right at the top of your post window.

Don't know how good it is. Personally, I generally just back up by burning my documents to a CD. Programs can be reinstalled, so I see no sense in adding complexity to the process.

Maflynn · Aug 5, 2004, 06:54 AM

Carbon Copy Cloner does the trick

Mike

gorickey · Aug 5, 2004, 08:47 AM

Originally posted by Maflynn:
Carbon Copy Cloner does the trick

Mike

NetRestore (by same developer as CCC)

driven: What are you wanting to do exactly? Wipe and restore a whole bunch of machines at once?

driven · Aug 5, 2004, 11:25 AM

Originally posted by gorickey:
NetRestore (by same developer as CCC)

driven: What are you wanting to do exactly? Wipe and restore a whole bunch of machines at once?

Wipe and restore a machine for training/lab work so I can put it back into the same state it was at before. :-)

Which of these tools is best for that purpose?

gorickey · Aug 5, 2004, 11:29 AM

Originally posted by driven:
Wipe and restore a machine for training/lab work so I can put it back into the same state it was at before. :-)

Which of these tools is best for that purpose?

I would make an image of the machine you want using NetRestore Helper (bundled with NetRestore) and then simply restore the machine based off the image using NetRestore when needed...

DaveGee · Aug 5, 2004, 11:30 AM

Originally posted by driven:
Wipe and restore a machine for training/lab work so I can put it back into the same state it was at before. :-)

Which of these tools is best for that purpose?

Well then you'll want to TOTALLY digest what's available at: http://www.bombich.com/

Mike's world seems to totally revolve around that process and given he's a developers provides a plethora of software to aid people.

Don't forget to visit the forums - tons of other people in the same boat.

Dave

driven · Aug 5, 2004, 11:30 AM

thanks! i appreciate it!

driven · Aug 5, 2004, 11:31 AM

Originally posted by DaveGee:
Well then you'll want to TOTALLY digest what's available at: http://www.bombich.com/

Mike's world seems to totally revolve around that process and given he's a developers provides a plethora of software to aid people.

Don't forget to visit the forums - tons of other people in the same boat.

Dave

Awesome! Looks like what the doctor ordered!

waffffffle · Aug 5, 2004, 01:49 PM

Disk Utility in 10.3 can do this and do it well.

KraziKid · Aug 6, 2004, 06:31 PM

Originally posted by waffffffle:
Disk Utility in 10.3 can do this and do it well.

Funny that you mention that. I personally made a backup disk image of my install after I created it using disk utility. Well, yesterday I decided to restore from said backup and do a test of it. Note: I booted from the install CD to do the backup/restore, so that running files do not affect the process. Well, I go to reboot and I get the nice question mark. So I go back in the the installer, and repair disk and repair permissions, still no go. So then I decide "Hrmm, maybe if I set the startup disk to the HDD, even though I shouldnt need to, it will work." Well, I tried that, and it booted, and seemed to work. The only major problem after that which I found was that the permissions was all screwed up on the Documents folder. So to fix this I used the command line, but not everyone knows how to do that. I am still testing to see if their are any other problems.

gorickey · Aug 6, 2004, 06:53 PM

Disk Utility has had issues with the whole "Restore/Clone" process since it has come out. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't...or sometimes it does but it's not a perfect clone (as the poster above found out). That's why, I rely heavily on CCC/NetRestore to do the trick for me...

KraziKid · Aug 7, 2004, 07:43 AM

Originally posted by gorickey:
Disk Utility has had issues with the whole "Restore/Clone" process since it has come out. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't...or sometimes it does but it's not a perfect clone (as the poster above found out). That's why, I rely heavily on CCC/NetRestore to do the trick for me...

I have a question about CCC/Netrestore. Is there any way to restore the clone without having to boot from said clone? The reason I liked the Disk Utility way is that you have no underlying OS running that you are affecting as the clone takes place. You have no open files that can change during the process.