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<blockquote data-quote="Doug b" data-source="post: 1454903" data-attributes="member: 59143"><p>While that's all well and good, Time Machine is meant to serve as a backup in case something goes wrong with your HD, and will replace the content of a new HD with that information. That drive, unless it is partitioned, should not be used for anything else. An 8 gig thumb drive would be optimal. Though technically, you can restore specific data to the new OS, I prefer not to since a clean install will be less quirky in my experience. </p><p></p><p>Technically, you do not have to do this step, but it is the method I prefer since it enables me to start clean. I do not like to install an operating system on top of another one. That is why I like to erase everything by reformatting the HD.</p><p></p><p> I use a program called Carbon Copy Cloner. It backs up specific folders that I set it to back up, when I want it to on a schedule. It can also clone a HD for a backup if need be. But don't worry about that now. </p><p></p><p> No need for the extra step of re-downloading. Download once, copy the file from your applications folder to the thumb drive and that's it. If you back up all of your stuff before hand, you can do a clean install like I suggested (holding down opt while rebooting then going into disk utility to erase your HDD)</p><p></p><p> I've never gone wrong with Sandisk. </p><p></p><p> Doug</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doug b, post: 1454903, member: 59143"] While that's all well and good, Time Machine is meant to serve as a backup in case something goes wrong with your HD, and will replace the content of a new HD with that information. That drive, unless it is partitioned, should not be used for anything else. An 8 gig thumb drive would be optimal. Though technically, you can restore specific data to the new OS, I prefer not to since a clean install will be less quirky in my experience. [B][/B]Technically, you do not have to do this step, but it is the method I prefer since it enables me to start clean. I do not like to install an operating system on top of another one. That is why I like to erase everything by reformatting the HD. I use a program called Carbon Copy Cloner. It backs up specific folders that I set it to back up, when I want it to on a schedule. It can also clone a HD for a backup if need be. But don't worry about that now. No need for the extra step of re-downloading. Download once, copy the file from your applications folder to the thumb drive and that's it. If you back up all of your stuff before hand, you can do a clean install like I suggested (holding down opt while rebooting then going into disk utility to erase your HDD) I've never gone wrong with Sandisk. Doug [/QUOTE]
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