Need help restoring from a SilverKeeper .sparseimage file
Before upgrading a MacBook from Leopard to Snow Leopard I used SilverKeeper to backup the hard drive, sending the data to a .sparseimage file. I'm now trying to restore - or expand/extract - the .sparseimage file to an external hard drive so I can move my documents and files to the freshly-installed OS. I've tried creating a Restore Set in SilverKeeper, setting the Destination as the .sparseimage backup file and the Source as the external hard drive mount, but this operation just results in a copy of the .sparseimage file being created in a new folder on the external drive; the files saved in the original backup are not extracted to the external drive. I'm trying this process because even though mounting the .sparseimage backup in OSX will allow me to browse the file system, the files in the user folder are not visible (and they're not just hidden). And this despite the fact that the original backup operation completed successfully and created a sparseimage file of 122GB - the same size as the used space on the original drive. Any help getting the files back out of this .sparseimage file would be tremendous. Thanks!
Thanks for the thoughts, Kappy. I have contacted LaCie as well; just waiting to hear back. <fingers crossed> Since it doesn't directly bring LaCie any revenue, I figured it couldn't hurt to ask around here as well since I got it from Apple: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/systemdiskutilities/silverkeeper.html
For some reason when you do a restore set with SilverKeeper the destination has to be the location of your (previous) backup, and the source has to be the location you want to send the restore to. Believe me, it doesn't make much sense to me either; I guess the idea is that you're sending a previous backup back to the source.
As I mentioned, I can mount the image and browse it in Finder, but I can't access the files I need. I did get an 'alias not found' message (or something like that) at one point but am not seeing that at the moment. As far as I know the file is not encrypted; at least I haven't been prompted for a key/password.
I didn't have access to a big enough spare drive at the time I was making this backup and so had to resort to creating an image file that I could send to a network share. I probably will pass on SilverKeeper in the future, but it seemed like a good bet at the time...
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