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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1221253" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>I also keep both a TM and a SD! Bootable backup. Has saved me more than once.</p><p></p><p><strong>Best example:</strong></p><p></p><p>Upgraded to Snow Leopard. Upon reboot, I was brought to a kernel panic. The machine would not boot into the OS at all. Booted to my external backup of Leopard, went and looked at the crash log of my internal drive, found the name of the offending app and it's associated kext listed there. Was able to remove the kext in question and thus boot into SL. </p><p></p><p>Otherwise, my only option would have been to reinstall 10.5 and would have had no idea what the problem was causing the issue with 10.6. I had a fix in under 5 minutes instead of an hour to restore and no clue how to get SL onto my machine.</p><p></p><p>I also still keep that 10.5 bootable backup up to date for assistance in troubleshooting.</p><p></p><p><strong>Other best example:</strong></p><p></p><p>Your hard drive dies. With only a TM backup, you are dead in the water until you get a new drive. A bootable back up allows you to continue working until you have time to go get a new drive. Or, the time to order one online instead of paying full retail at your local big box store.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1221253, member: 24160"] I also keep both a TM and a SD! Bootable backup. Has saved me more than once. [B]Best example:[/B] Upgraded to Snow Leopard. Upon reboot, I was brought to a kernel panic. The machine would not boot into the OS at all. Booted to my external backup of Leopard, went and looked at the crash log of my internal drive, found the name of the offending app and it's associated kext listed there. Was able to remove the kext in question and thus boot into SL. Otherwise, my only option would have been to reinstall 10.5 and would have had no idea what the problem was causing the issue with 10.6. I had a fix in under 5 minutes instead of an hour to restore and no clue how to get SL onto my machine. I also still keep that 10.5 bootable backup up to date for assistance in troubleshooting. [B]Other best example:[/B] Your hard drive dies. With only a TM backup, you are dead in the water until you get a new drive. A bootable back up allows you to continue working until you have time to go get a new drive. Or, the time to order one online instead of paying full retail at your local big box store. [/QUOTE]
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