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Reformatting HD, what happens to Time Machine backup?

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thirty6chambers

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If I reformat my main OSX leopard harddrive and reinstall, what will become of my Time Machine backup? Can it restore my files after a fresh reinstall of leopard or is it now useless?
 
I used migration assistant when doing a clean install. The next backup is going to be a complete backup again since the system files have new timestamps.
 
thirty6chambers said:
If I reformat my main OSX leopard harddrive and reinstall, what will become of my Time Machine backup? Can it restore my files after a fresh reinstall of leopard or is it now useless?
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You can use Migration Assistant to restore a Mac from a Time Machine backup.
 
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