Backing up and restoring using disk images.

Hi there
I want to create a disk image of a mac's HDD, then put the disk image onto secondary internal HDD, so that in the event of the mac going belly up, I can start from the OSX system disk, format the main drive, restore from the disk image on the 2nd HDD, and off I go.
Using SuperDuper, I created a sparse disk image of the HDD onto the 2nd HDD. SuperDuper created a file called "HDDname.sparseimage". However, when I start Disk Utility and go to restore, it won't allow me to use the created file - the file is visible, just greyed-out.
I used a sparse disk image because I read that normal disk images will be the same size as the original folders/volume and are read only. I only want it the size of the actual data because of space restraints and would prefer to have it read-write too.
Is it a matter of just changing the filename from "HDDname.sparseimage" to "HDDname.dmg", to get DU to access it, or can DU not use sparse images?
Anyone shed any light?
TX
Macfool

Not sure if this will solve your problem, but I notice that although when I click on the Image button and navigate to a .sparseimage file, it is grayed out, I can drag-and-drop that same .sparseimage file into the Source field and it shows up.
Did you try Images menu > Scan image for restore and selecting your sparse disk image to scan?
Hope this helps...

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