09-30-2006, 12:33 AM
This is what backups are for. If you had a FW drive with a backup of your HDs's volume stored on it, for example, you could erase and restore your macbook's HD to exactly where it was one week ago, or one month ago, or one hour ago, and only lose a minimal amount of work or time.
In so many OS installs, the Read Me had reminders about making sure your hard drive is backed up. Sometimes I feel like the only boy scout out that takes this advice seriously, backing up religiously every week, so that I can restore my drive in case of an emergency.
HD space is cheap and abundant, there's no practical barrier to backing up easily and often.
I don't mean occasionally parking folders full of "important stuff" on external media, that doesn't count. I mean a full HD backup that's current, bootable, and ready to go.
If you had done this, it would have saved your bacon!
This might end up being inspiration to consider doing it in the future?
I hope you can sort out the Install error, and get your macbook happy and running again soon. Keep us posted.
In so many OS installs, the Read Me had reminders about making sure your hard drive is backed up. Sometimes I feel like the only boy scout out that takes this advice seriously, backing up religiously every week, so that I can restore my drive in case of an emergency.
HD space is cheap and abundant, there's no practical barrier to backing up easily and often.
I don't mean occasionally parking folders full of "important stuff" on external media, that doesn't count. I mean a full HD backup that's current, bootable, and ready to go.
If you had done this, it would have saved your bacon!
This might end up being inspiration to consider doing it in the future?
I hope you can sort out the Install error, and get your macbook happy and running again soon. Keep us posted.