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Message: <blockquote data-quote="qwik3r" data-source="post: 1648659" data-attributes="member: 36607">I'm trying to restore a time machine back up to my internal drive of a iMac with a busted screen. I managed to boot from a bootable back up and format the internal drive but I can't actually see the utilities menu when I boot (command + r) in order to restore the time machine back up to it. For some reason the external monitor that is connected to the iMac won't turn on until my login screen basically. Is there another option for me to restore the time machine back up, such as doing so while logged in, since I have access to the OS through an old back up? OR I have a Yosemite installer that is brand new on a USB thumb drive, but the latest back up is from Mavericks. Possible to install from clean from Yosemite and restore the Mavericks back up or will that not even work properly?</blockquote>