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Restoring your complete system 5. Click Restore. Before you begin, you must format your system hard drive and install your operating system. If you had multiple partitions on your hard drive(s), you must create and format the same number of disk partitions. These partitions must be of equal or greater size to what they were on your original system. For information on how to partition and format your system drive, see the Maxtor Knowledgebase online at: http://www.maxtorkb.com. Most Macintosh computers are setup at the factory with only one partition per hard drive. If you did not have multiple partitions on any of your hard drives, all you have to do is reformat your hard disk(s) and re-install your Macintosh operating system. For more information, see your Macintosh manual. A window will appear asking you to 'Select the restore type' 6. Select Restore an entire disk and click OK. The 'Accessing more backup sets' window will appear asking you to open an existing catalog file or rebuild one. 7. Click Open. Find and select the system backup set on your Maxtor OneTouch Drive. 8. Click Open. Your system backup set should appear in the top part of the Restore from Backup:Source window. Make sure it is selected. 5 Do not partition or reformat the Maxtor OneTouch drive that your system backup is stored on. 9. Click OK. The Destination Selection window will now appear, asking Once you get your system running, reinstall Retrospect Express you to choose a 'Destination for restore.' using the Maxtor Install CD. See "Installing Your Drive" on page 5 in chapter 2. Make sure Restore Entire Disk is selected. and select the drive that you want to restore your system to (your Macintosh Restoring your system - Step-by-step hard drive where the system was originally installed). 1. Prepare your hard dive - (Partition, if necessary, and format.) 10. Click OK. 2. Install your operating system. 3. Reinstall Maxtor OneTouch software including Retrospect Express. (For more information see page 5 in chapter 2.) A window will appear asking you if you really want to restore to the drive you selected, replacing it's entire contents. 11. Click Replace. 4. Open Retrospect Express. The Retrospect Express Directory window will open. Retrospect will scan your system (This may take a few minutes). 30

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Restoring your complete system
Before you begin, you must format your system hard drive and
install your operating system. If you had multiple partitions on your
hard drive(s), you must create and format the same number of disk
partitions. These partitions must be of equal or greater size to what
they were on your original system. For information on how to
partition and format your system drive, see the Maxtor
Knowledgebase online at: http://www.maxtorkb.com.
Most Macintosh computers are setup at the factory with
only one partition per hard drive. If you did not have multiple
partitions on any of your hard drives, all you have to do is
reformat your hard disk(s) and re-install your Macintosh
operating system. For more information, see your
Macintosh manual.
Do not partition or reformat the Maxtor OneTouch drive that
your system backup is stored on.
Once you get your system running, reinstall Retrospect Express
using the Maxtor Install CD. See “Installing Your Drive” on page 5
in chapter 2.
Restoring your system - Step-by-step
1.
Prepare your hard dive - (Partition, if necessary, and format.)
2.
Install your operating system.
3.
Reinstall Maxtor OneTouch software including Retrospect
Express. (For more information see page 5 in chapter 2.)
4.
Open Retrospect Express.
The
Retrospect Express Directory
window will open.
5.
Click
Restore
.
A window will appear asking you to ‘Select the restore type’
6.
Select
Restore an entire disk
and click
OK
.
The ‘Accessing more backup sets’ window will appear asking
you to open an existing catalog file or rebuild one.
7.
Click
Open
.
Find and select the system backup set on your Maxtor
OneTouch Drive.
8.
Click
Open
.
Your system backup set should appear in the top part of the
Restore from Backup:Source
window. Make sure it
is selected.
9.
Click
OK
.
The
Destination Selection
window will now appear, asking
you to choose a ‘Destination for restore.’
Make sure
Restore Entire Disk
is selected. and select the
drive that you want to restore your system to (your Macintosh
hard drive where the system was originally installed).
10.
Click
OK
.
A window will appear asking you if you really want to restore to
the drive you selected, replacing it’s entire contents.
11.
Click
Replace
.
Retrospect will scan your system (This may take a
few minutes).