Create bootable disc

Is it possible to create a bootable disc from a computer that can be used to boot the computer and reinstall Mac OS X from the disc?

Timothy Westman-Barth wrote:
Ok. Thanks for the answer.
I was wondering if it was possible to do this, because I plan on upgrading the HDD in a MacBook and I can't locate the install DVD so...
Is it possible to use something like Carbon Copy Cloner to create a backup on a network drive, like a Time Capsule, that could be booted from and used to restore the computer's data and OS to a new HDD?
Carbon Copy Cloner would be the best course of action, but you need to hook it directly up to the computer via Firewire 800 (preferred) or USB 2 (slower)
1: Get a external drive equal to or larger than the new drive you intend to replace the old one with ( so you can clone to that one later)
2: When you format the drive HFS+ Journaled, choose the extra step of Security Erase with Zero, it maps off bad sectors before you lay valauble data on it. (will take some time, but it's almost vital process to ensure quality of data)
3: Follow CCC directions for a whole drive clone (easy), when finished Repair Permissions in Disk Utility on both.
4: Hold option and boot off the clone, make darn sure everything is peachy, your going to need it.
5: Install the new drive, option boot off the clone and Disk Utility Zero format HFS+ the new drive.
6: Use CCC to clone the clone onto the new drive. Repair Disk Permissions on both.
Should be it, really easy. I do it all the time. Do donate a few bucks.

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Not sure if this is the correct way to reference a previous thread:
<http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2041933&tstart=0>

thank you - here's my question regarding that:
1 - I partition a drive using the GUID scheme.
2 - I then use superDuper to copy everything to this drive.
3 - does the new drive STILL maintain the GUID partition scheme?
Unless it still maintains the GUID partition scheme, then I can't do the archive & install on it - as I found out, the hard way!
alternatively...
if I
1 - use the installer to put a clean copy of leopard on a blank drive
2 - then plan to use the "migration" feature to copy from the original startup drive to the new drive with leopard newly-installed...
3 - is it possible to use the migration feature once I have restarted from a hard drive? or can migration only be used in the actual install process, when I have booted from the install disc?
(I ask this second question because when I boot from the install discs, my SATA drives do NOT show up anywhere, they only get mounted when I boot from a proper hard drive. Possibly a firewire drive would - but I don't seem to have anymore firewire 1394 externals, it's all USB and eSATA...)
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Toast 9.0.5 - Bootable Disc Creation?

Hi, does anyone know if you can create a bootable disc with Toast 9.0.5 (for example, from installer files that are contained within an .iso file)?
I can easily create one by burning the disc with Disc Utility, but was wondering if Toast can be used for this, as well.
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In this particular case, I have legitimate copies of Windows (in various forms; some downloaded legitimately from Digital River, some from MSNDAA) or other software legitimately downloaded from MSNDAA. These are contained on various .iso's.
So, no, none of it is pirated software.
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Last night I used Boot Camp to create an 80GB partition and installed Windows 7. For some reason Windows wasn't running very well (loads of errors, etc), and since I've previously used Windows 7 via Boot Camp on this very Mac without a hitch I thought I'd boot into OS X, use Boot Camp to delete the partition, use Disk Utility, etc, to clean up my HD, then try the whole thing again.
Problem is, every time I boot my Mac now I get a black screen with the message "No bootable disc in drive, please insert one and press any key to continue". The message is very Windows/DOS like.
If I hold in Option while booting, the only option I get when the menu comes up is "Macintosh HD". If I select this, OS X boots fine.
It's as if the MBP is still choosing Windows as the boot option by default, even though I used Boot Camp to remove it.
I've removed Windows via Boot Camp several times in the past, and never had this issue.

Hi,
you might be right with that assumption.
For a successful installation of WIndows the BootCamp Assistant changes the default startup volume to be the new WIndows partition.
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Regards
Stefan

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mddcfilms and Pat75, I'm having precisely this same issue -- no booting but spinning and freezing gear under the Apple logo. Have either of you come to a resolution? Here are my details:
iMac, Early 2008, 24”, 3.06 GHz, 4GB
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Disk Utility: Restore no longer creates bootable images?

So I have a new hard drive for my macbook, and followed the procedure I used last time of using disk utility restore to write the current hard drive image to the new disk, with the new disk in a USB enclosure.
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JosephB wrote:
... BTW, when you perform the - Weekly "Macrium - Image Backups", do you backup to a local USB cable connected External Usb Drive or wireless wifi connected to a NAS Drive ?
I have a Verbatim 2TB external USB 3.0 drive plugged into the PC. It's used for both my weekly image backups as well as my nightly data backups. I have one of these on EACH machine in my environment, for backups local to that machine. I also use them on machines I build for friends and family, as everybody needs a backup system for "priceless data".
Actually, to be a bit more complete, my "data" backups consists of two parts: (1) 1st-of-the-month FULL backups of all my data, and (2) nightly INCREMENTAL backups which handles anything created/changed in the past 24 hours. Thus a "backup set" consists of the beginning FULL backup coupled with the ever-growing throughout-the-month set of nightly INCREMENTAL backups.
NovaBACKUP can handle all of this if you need to recover something, so you yourself don't need to know exactly which backup file your file is located on. You simply identify the folder/file(s) you wish to recover, and the AS-OF date you want for that file (with "as of the latest version available" being the default). If you want to recover an older version than the most current version, you simply slide a GUI time-slider backwards until you arrive at the as-of date you desire. NovaBACKUP then figures out where the most current version is AS OF THE DESIRED DATE, and accesses that one-or-more backup files in order to complete your task.
I retain multiple "backup sets" (going back 4 complete months), so I can recover any folder/file(s) I had available on any specific night during the past 4 months. Most commonly of course it's typically "get me the most current version available as of last night", but just in case that version is corrupt or I truly want an earlier version, I can get it easily.

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joseysgirl wrote:
Thank you so much for your quick reply. I do have some questions/comments to verify that I understand your responses.
1. DVD's - I understand that I should use the best discs that will work in my DVD, such as Verbatim, Sony, etc.
In addition to that is there any other preferences for the actual DVD, such as for using on a 64-bit process that I have on my notebook, speed, other important features? No, just get good quality DVD +R or -R discs. Sony usually works well for me.
2. I unerstand that the actual creation of the recovery disc will in no way affect my added software and created documents such as my e-mails, and favorites bar, etc, that it only covers the factory installed items..Correct. Using the discs to restore/reinstall on the laptop puts it back to out of box state.With this procedure many people use a regular backup of files to put back on the machine after a factory Recovery.An external USB Hard drive is very nice for this,but backups can also be done on DVDs.
3. Creating a system image - am I correct in assuming this process does not duplicate any of the items in the created recover discs? Also, as you add more info such as software, douments, etc. to your computer requires another system image creation. It duplicates items in Recovery such as Windows,drivers & software- but is also an exact copy of the hard drive with your added files, newly installed programs, photos,etc. All of your personal files + the files in Recovery Discs are in an Image. Opposite effect of restoring with Recovery Discs-this process restores laptop with original Windows,software & drivers plus your added files. And yes- additional Images would be needed to keep an up to date image.
4. USB Flash drive - I have no idea what this is but I have instructions for using this procedure for creating recovery image to a use flash drive and that it is a faster process than using DVD's. Is the USB flash ddrive something that I have to purchase, is it expensive and does my PC have the capability of using this process? Your laptop has capabilty to make Recovery on USB- but actually this process is giving owners more trouble than DVDs. Many times resulting in buying several flash drives before finding one that works. My advice-stck with DVDs.
Thanks for your help.
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