Time machine help?

[Joel95]

1) Are time machine drives created on Lion bootable? If not, would this work?http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=2008011623365026
2) How would Time machine's encryption work on another PC or Mac? Would users of both OSs be prompted to enter the password when attempting to open the backup drive/folder?

Thanks

 

[MrCheeto]

1) No Time Machine backup is bootable. The link you posted is for software that clones the drive. Time Machine allows constant backups and allows you to recover single files at a time while also using the awesome and easy Time Machine interface.
2) Windows cannot see Mac-formatted drives. If you wanted to access an encrypted Time Machine backup, you'd just enter your credentials on any Mac.

 

[Joel95]

2) Windows cannot see Mac-formatted drives. If you wanted to access an encrypted Time Machine backup, you'd just enter your credentials on any Mac.

Oh i forgot to mention that i'm using MacDrive on my PC. It allows me to read/write HFS+ drives. Thanks though. I'll contact the company about Time machine encryption.