I¹ve been using Retrospect on a regular schedule to make a complete copy of my iMac¹s hard drive. (The drive I use has a partition devoted solely to this backup and is connected by a firewire cable.) I had thought I¹d be able to boot my computer from this drive, but when I tried it, I was surprised to find it didn¹t work. I started up my Mac while holding down the option key and the partition with the complete backup appeared as an option, along with the Mac¹s hard drive. But when I selected it I received the universal ³no² sign, a circle with a slash through it.
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