Cannot Repair Permissions!!!!!!!!!

[Martial Bachoffner]

You reinstall your os and when you arrive at the step to create your user you have the option to use Time Machine backup.

Martial

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[Chris Poisson]

Patrick,

You should CLONE your drive before you do a clean install. Use Carbon Copy or Super Duper, both are free or a small donation. You will be cloning root items I don’t believe Time Machine can touch. It is very different from backup. You need a FireWire or USB drive, preferably empty on which to put your clone. You can boot from this if your re-install goes haywire.

There are a boatload of posts here regarding cloning, I suggest you do a search, very valuable info.

Have a wonderful day.

[Chris Poisson]

Jeremy,

FWIW I checked the Partition scheme on my two machines at home on which the repair permissions work, one is on Leopard and one is on Tiger, and they both say “Apple Partition Map.”

When I go into the office on the machine that doesn’t work, I will check it and report back.

Have a wonderful day.

[Jeremy Garchow]

If you have intel computers, read this:

https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/8/957107

[Chris Poisson]

Jeremy,

The machine at work that won’t repair permissions says GUID partition.

Have a wonderful day.

[Jeremy Garchow]

Cool. It was a long shot, just wanted to check.

Jeremy

[Rafael Amador]

To run DW on Leopard you need the Rev1.
https://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/support.html

PPC G5 2x2Gh 4GbRAM/BlackMagic SD/PMBP 17″Core2Duo 4GbRAM
JVC DTV-17″/FCS2/AE CS3/COMBUSTION/SHAKE

[Patrick Morrow]

Hello,
After I reinstall Leopard can you tell me the exact steps to bring back my computer from the clone. I was hoping to keep passwords and links to websites if possible.
Thanks!!!
Patrick Morrow

[David Roth weiss]

[Patrick Morrow] “tell me the exact steps to bring back my computer from the clone.”

Don’t use the term “bring back,” cuz that’s that last thing want to do.

What you actually want to do is boot from the clone, which is simply done by plugging it in, clicking on the little blue Apple on the upper left of your primary monitor, opening System Preferences — Startup Disk and telling it to boot to your clone drive instead of your newly installed Leopard system drive.

Then, export the things you wanted from Safari etc. to a safe place on the new system drive. Rebbot to that drive and import those things.

BTW Patrick, before doing any of this you should click on the Apple — Software Update button over and over and over again until you get a message saying that you are “Up To Date.” When reinstalling FCS2 you need to do the very same thing. There are lots and lots of updates fpr both the OS and FCS2, and if you don’t keep going you will not emnd up with a working system.

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[Patrick Morrow]

Hi David,
Is it possible to redo my system using time machine?
Patrick Morrow