Best way to restore from backup?

Here's my question, I've noticed over the last few months my Intel iMac 2.16 has started to run a bit slow, beachballing quite a bit and applications such as iTunes and Quicktime take much longer to open now. I've still got about 60GB of HD space left on the main drive and I've tried everything to resolve the problem such as repairing drive (no problems found) repairing disk permissions etc but nothing seems to work. I've now cloned my entire HD using SuperDuper and have a recent full Time Machine backup. I would like to try fixing the problem by formatting and restoring my HD but which is the best method, Install & Archive, Restore from Time Machine or restore from SuperDuper clone? I obviously don't want to re-import the problem but at the same time I'd like to choose the easiest method.
Thanks for any info on this,
Dave

Well this is strange, before doing the archive & install I booted up using the SuperDuper clone just to test it and make sure I had a fully working clone to fall back on, low and behold the clone works fine, not spinning beachball and everything feels faster.
Should I just format the internal HD, run a repair and copy the clone back onto the HD?

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Hi,
First at all,
we don’t recommend to
install CA on a DC. This is because if the DC corrupt and need to demote, we need
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Clean install a new windows 2012 server and add it to domain as domain member.
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Step-by-Step Guide for Setting Up A Windows Server 2012 Domain Controller
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/12370.step-by-step-guide-for-setting-up-a-windows-server-2012-domain-controller.aspx
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324801/en-us
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Backing up CAPolicy.inf only if we install our CA by using it.
Removing the CA role service from this server.
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Verifying the migration:
Verifying certificate enrollment
Verifying CRL publishing
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AD CS Migration: Preparing to Migrate:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee126102(WS.10).aspx
Migrating the Certification Authority: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee126140(WS.10).aspx
Performing Post-Upgrade or Post-Migration Tasks: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc742471(v=ws.10).aspx
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