Restore from time machine without snow leopard disc?

[sportsfanMAW]

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Hi all, tomorrow I should be getting my MacBook pro back from apple. I have everything backed up on an external hard drive but I realized I left my snow leopard DVD at school (I'm home from college for the break). Is their a way to restore from backup without the disc?

Thanks!

 

[Ronnoco]

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Hi all, tomorrow I should be getting my MacBook pro back from apple. I have everything backed up on an external hard drive but I realized I left my snow leopard DVD at school (I'm home from college for the break). Is their a way to restore from backup without the disc?

Thanks!

Migration Assistant in the Utilities folder...

 

[Thiol]

Migration Assistant in the Utilities folder...

That's the way to do it. In this case you're not really restoring but rather migrating. You'll be given the option to move all your settings and files from a Time Machine backup when you set up your new computer for the very first time in the Welcome sequence.

 

[sportsfanMAW]

Awesome thanks! Will this keep all of my previous backups? I have some files that I deleted from my laptop but kept backed up in case I needed them. Will I be able to get thoses?

 

[NickZac]

You will get whichever files were present the last time you backed up the computer. It's also worth doing a Carbon Clone on an external HD now and then just in case.

 

[Thiol]

Awesome thanks! Will this keep all of my previous backups? I have some files that I deleted from my laptop but kept backed up in case I needed them. Will I be able to get thoses?

It won't affect your time machine drive at all. So after setting up your new system you can always go back in your backup drive and look for the files you deleted...