On Sep 4, 2009, at 12:12 AM, Tom wrote:
> > (This is a G5 running 10.5.6). > > If I go back five days in Time Machine to retrieve the dead drive's > data, and I tell TM to Restore it to a replacement drive, will TM > restore BOTH drives to the way they were five days ago? I don't want > that, I want TM to leave the good drive current. Can I highlight ONLY > the 1-gig's backup folder, and tell TM to restore it to the new drive, > and it will do that and leave the other drive alone? How it works is this: when you install the new drive, you then install OS X from your 10.5 disk. After the OS is installed, the setup asks you if you want to import your data from another mac or disk. So long as the time machine volume is online, it will restore the data that was on that drive...it will not overwrite newer information on the other disk. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---