Restoring from Time Machine backups on a new HD

jerH · jerH #1 (**permalink**)

03-30-2011, 10:20 PM

Recently experienced a hard drive failure, so I bought and installed a new drive. The old one was 120GB, the new one is 250GB. I've never restored from a Time Machine backup. Should I expect to be able to just restore and go, or do I need to do anything else?

Thanks!

MYmacROX · MYmacROX #2 (**permalink**)

03-30-2011, 10:22 PM

Pretty straight forward. Just plug in the external, open T.M and go for it.

P.S. I'm assuming you've already installed the OS. You know you could have restored from a T.M backup during the OS install process.

jerH · jerH #3 (**permalink**)

03-30-2011, 10:32 PM

I ask because after restoring from Time Machine my bootup still hangs. Booting in verbose mode I get the following

bootcache: hit rate below threshhold (1811 hits on 3633 lookups)
bootcache: hit rate below threshhold (1811 hits on 3624 lookups)
bootcache: cound not terminate cache on bad hitrate

Wondering if I should reinstall the OS and then use the Migration Assistant to restore files?

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Member Since: Mar 17, 2009 Posts: 3,329 Mac Specs: 2008 15" MBP ML, 2012 21.5" iMac ML	03-30-2011, 10:22 PM Pretty straight forward. Just plug in the external, open T.M and go for it. P.S. I'm assuming you've already installed the OS. You know you could have restored from a T.M backup during the OS install process. 16GB iPhone 5, 64GB Wi-Fi only iPad 1st Gen. Reminder: Please include your Mac's specs. This will make it much easier for the other members to assist you.
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Member Since: Apr 20, 2009 Posts: 12	03-30-2011, 10:20 PM Recently experienced a hard drive failure, so I bought and installed a new drive. The old one was 120GB, the new one is 250GB. I've never restored from a Time Machine backup. Should I expect to be able to just restore and go, or do I need to do anything else? Thanks!
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