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<blockquote data-quote="rwhite692" data-source="post: 1034649" data-attributes="member: 150877">Hello, great info on these forums. I have searched but have not yet found an answer on exactly how to proceed with restoring my MBP after a hard drive replacement. My MBP had been regularly backing up with Time Machine to an external USB drive when my HD bit the dust, so I should have a pretty recent backup, from which to restore.When the drive died, I had a local mac service place (MyService, in Santa Clara) do the drive replacement. They replaced the drive, and re-loaded the OS (10.5). I just picked up the machine an hour ago, haven't even booted it yet. (They did not give me a 10.5 install disk, now that I think about it!)So, to restore my system with time machine, do I just boot up the machine (as normal, from the new HD), plug in the USB drive, launch time machine, restore from the latest backup, wait the several hours it will take to restore, and....That's it? I have never used Time Machine to do a restore, so I'm just wondering if there are any precautions to take, pitfalls to be aware of, etc. Depending on what I read, some say you need to boot from the install disk, and others say you can just boot from the HD and start the process from the Time Machine application...?Rob</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rwhite692, post: 1034649, member: 150877"] Hello, great info on these forums. I have searched but have not yet found an answer on exactly how to proceed with restoring my MBP after a hard drive replacement. My MBP had been regularly backing up with Time Machine to an external USB drive when my HD bit the dust, so I should have a pretty recent backup, from which to restore. When the drive died, I had a local mac service place (MyService, in Santa Clara) do the drive replacement. They replaced the drive, and re-loaded the OS (10.5). I just picked up the machine an hour ago, haven't even booted it yet. (They did not give me a 10.5 install disk, now that I think about it!) So, to restore my system with time machine, do I just boot up the machine (as normal, from the new HD), plug in the USB drive, launch time machine, restore from the latest backup, wait the several hours it will take to restore, and....That's it? I have never used Time Machine to do a restore, so I'm just wondering if there are any precautions to take, pitfalls to be aware of, etc. Depending on what I read, some say you need to boot from the install disk, and others say you can just boot from the HD and start the process from the Time Machine application...? Rob [/QUOTE]

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