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Sparse Disc Image Bundle

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mac2thefuture

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Hello there.

On my external H drive i have two sparse disc image bundles - what exactly are they and what purpose do they serve & can i delete them?

Thanks in advance for any assistance provided.
 
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AppleNewton

AppleNewton

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Is the 1TB drive the one with both spare image bundles?
those are going to be the time machine back-ups (as far as i can tell)
you can drag and drop them onto your new drive, however theyll keep the limitations of the old drive.
An alternative around this would be to start a new time machine back-up on a new drive and drop these folders in the spare image bundle over.

you can simply start a new time machine back-up on the 1TB external drive if youd like and erase anything thats presently on there.
 
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mac2thefuture

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Original poster
May 15, 2007
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Lancashire, North West, UK
AppleNewton said:
Is the 1TB drive the one with both spare image bundles?
those are going to be the time machine back-ups (as far as i can tell)
you can drag and drop them onto your new drive, however theyll keep the limitations of the old drive.
An alternative around this would be to start a new time machine back-up on a new drive and drop these folders in the spare image bundle over.

you can simply start a new time machine back-up on the 1TB external drive if youd like and erase anything thats presently on there.
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I'd like to place a copy of everything from the ext to the imac h drive and the wipe the external and start over again, using it to clone - is that feasible?
 
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