Copy & Paste a Time Machine backup to another hard drive?

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  1. Imola Ghost, May 21, 2009

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    I was wondering if I could just copy & paste a recent backup thru Time Machine to another external hard drive?

    I have a hard drive that's failing and I need to return it, so I must get the backup off of that drive and put it another hard drive I have. I guess I could just back up thru Time Machine onto this newer drive but I thought it would be faster just to copy & paste it.
     
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  2. MacRUK, May 21, 2009

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    NO.

    It's not just the recent items that are backed up, TM has the history of all items, so...

    Backup using TM onto new HDD.

    If it's failing, also you may get a corrupted copy. Not recommended at all.

    And don't forget to wipe thoroughly (7x at least using Disk Utility) the failing HDD before returning it.
     
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  3. Imola Ghost, May 21, 2009

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    OK, thanks!

    I'm still learning, I've got 7 days with a Mac!
     
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  4. hsppud, May 22, 2009

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