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Restore system & user from backup
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Alright, I have a MBP that I want to restore the way I had it before- everything from applications to screen calibration. I have a backup image of my Mac partition, created using Disk Utility. Because I changed the size of the Windows partition since I made the backup, the "Restore" function of Disk Utility won't work.
The disk currently has a clean install of 10.4 from the DVDs and a 22 GB partition for windows. The shortname of my user account on the HD is the same as the one on the backup.
Can I just copy the system, library, and user folders from the backup to the HD? I have another Mac so I can do this in target disk mode. Will this work, or will some crucial files not be copied?
I could always reinstall everything, reset my prefernces, etc., but I'd rather not.
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Or, if I just removed & resized the Windows partion, making it smaller than it was the last time, could I then use the Restore function of Disk Utility to get OS X back the way it was, and then remove & resize the Windows partition the way I want it?
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Is there some reason you need to do all of this, rather than just copying the config files and apps?
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I've noticed that a good many apps, especially design & 3D apps like the Adobe suite, tend to have files all over the place, and I would also like my preferences & stuff just the way they were. I realize that I might not be able to do that, but if there is a way, I would rather do that.
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Well, you could do an archive and install, then copy the pref files that you want to the new account.
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Boot the Mac that has the backup drive in Target Disk Mode (hold down the T key while booting it) then use the Migration Assistant on the MacBook Pro to bring over the stuff you want.
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That might work. except the backup is a disk image, ot an actual drive. Is there a way to get the Migration Assistant to work with a disk image?
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Originally Posted by shrakner 
That might work. except the backup is a disk image, ot an actual drive. Is there a way to get the Migration Assistant to work with a disk image?
It appears that it might be possible by mounting the disk image. Migration Assistant has an option to migrate 'From another volume in this Mac". "Migrate from another volume in this Mac that has Mac OS X installed."
Try it.
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I'm pretty sure you'd be able to use a disk image. You know you can launch Migration Assistant from the Finder, independent of Setup Assistant, right? You can probably mount the disk image, launch Migration Assistant and then choose it as the volume you want to use.
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