Time Machine Restore

[oilersrock99]

Hey all. So this is the story:

I had to take my MBP in to Futureshop to deal with some heat issues.

They replaced the fans. They also wiped the hard drive. I did back everything up on my Time Machine before I sent it in, however I'm having issues now.

I do have the original install disk that came with the computer and I tried to do a full restore from the time machine backup using the install disk. Everything seemed to be fine, it apparently did the full restore and told me to restart the computer. However, once I did restart the computer I got a kernal panic saying I need to restart my computer. That same message kept coming up regardless of what I did.

The original install disk came with Leopard, and the last backup was done in Snow Leopard, so I'm guessing that's what caused the issue. I tried to find the SL disk but couldn't, so I had to go out and buy a new copy. I'm installing that now.

Once I do get that installed, how can I use Time Machine to get my computer back to the way it was before I took it in? I don't want to simply use the Migration Assistant and pull files over - I want the full restore - but obviously I can't use the original install disk to do so.

Any thoughts?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Shouldn't the following work?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/15638.html

I know it says Leopard, but Snow Leopard is not that different in its installation process, except with Erase/Archive and Install.

 

[oilersrock99]

Is there a way I can do a full restore from the Snow Leopard disk? Everything I've read says it has to be the original install disk

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Is there a way I can do a full restore from the Snow Leopard disk? Everything I've read says it has to be the original install disk

Yes, you can. The above linked article describes how, just replace the numbers "10.5" with the numbers "10.6" and there you go.

Btw, you can edit your posts via the EDIT button.

 

[oilersrock99]

Yes, you can. The above linked article describes how, just replace the numbers "10.5" with the numbers "10.6" and there you go.

Btw, you can edit your posts via the EDIT button.

It didn't quite work the way the article stated. I had to do the full install of SL and then restart the computer with the SL disk still in the drive. While restarting I held down the Option key and go in that way.

Now we'll wait 23 hours and see what happens...