May return iMac, can I use Time Machine on replacement?

[Mark Morb]

Hi,

I've had my imac for a couple of weeks now and I love it....except for the constant droning/humming noise (it also has the screen gradient prob but I can live with that). It's not the drives or the fans but a constant droning, sounds like a dodgy PSU to me. Anyway I rang applecare last week who went through a few things which didn't solve it so said I need to take it to an Apple service centre. Nearest one is nearly 50 miles away, so having thought about it for a couple of days I'm going to ring them later and see what else they can suggest.

To get to my question, if I have to return/swap my imac for a new one will I be able to simply recreate it on the replacement using Time Machine?

I've been using Time Machine since I first setup the machine, with nothing excluded. It's just that I've spent two weeks setting it up just how I want it, installing apps, copying my music and photo libraries etc., etc. I would hate to have to do all that again. Although I suppose it has not backed up my Bootcamp Partition with Vista.

Any advice or help appreciated?

Thanks,
Mark Morb

 

[Consultant]

When machine is swapped, they might be able to transfer your user account over to the new computer.