Comments on: Drive-by Geek Forensics: I didn’t know I was your hardware tech! http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2008/06/01/drive-by-geek-forensics-i-didnt-know-i-was-your-hardware-tech/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drive-by-geek-forensics-i-didnt-know-i-was-your-hardware-tech You'll only need the edge! ! ! Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:15:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Malcolm http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2008/06/01/drive-by-geek-forensics-i-didnt-know-i-was-your-hardware-tech/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Malcolm Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:06:22 +0000 http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/?p=139#comment-100 @ckd: Nevermind about the keyboard/trackpad question. I answered it already in the post. @ckd:
Nevermind about the keyboard/trackpad question. I answered it already in the post.

]]> By: Malcolm http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2008/06/01/drive-by-geek-forensics-i-didnt-know-i-was-your-hardware-tech/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Malcolm Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:13:12 +0000 http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/?p=139#comment-99 @ckd: Thank you! We'll look for that Mac OS X CD/DVD after we move. I'll update the procedure here too to reflect this. Do you know if I can get replacement keyboard/trackpads for the Powerbook? I assume so, I just ain't gone looking yet. @ckd:

Thank you! We’ll look for that Mac OS X CD/DVD after we move. I’ll update the procedure here too to reflect this.

Do you know if I can get replacement keyboard/trackpads for the Powerbook? I assume so, I just ain’t gone looking yet.

]]> By: ckd http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2008/06/01/drive-by-geek-forensics-i-didnt-know-i-was-your-hardware-tech/comment-page-1/#comment-98 ckd Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:52:20 +0000 http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/?p=139#comment-98 Some comments: Since Mac OS X is Unix underneath, the equivalent to chkdsk is fsck. Disk Utility will also let you run a check, which AFAIK is basically just running fsck underneath. Step 5: if possible, don't boot with the known-good backup at all. Boot with a Mac OS X CD/DVD, which you can't accidentally erase! Connect the backup and boot from it <em>after</em> you've formatted the new drive. (If you look in the menu bar after booting from the CD, one of the options will let you run Disk Utility. I don't remember exactly which one it is.) Also, when formatting the new drive, I generally use the "zero all data" option as a way to force each block to get written, in hopes of flushing out any bad sectors early. Then once that's done, shut down and reboot off the backup to start the SuperDuper copy. Apart from that, I'd say you have the procedure nicely figured. Some comments:
Since Mac OS X is Unix underneath, the equivalent to chkdsk is fsck. Disk Utility will also let you run a check, which AFAIK is basically just running fsck underneath.

Step 5: if possible, don’t boot with the known-good backup at all. Boot with a Mac OS X CD/DVD, which you can’t accidentally erase! Connect the backup and boot from it after you’ve formatted the new drive. (If you look in the menu bar after booting from the CD, one of the options will let you run Disk Utility. I don’t remember exactly which one it is.)

Also, when formatting the new drive, I generally use the “zero all data” option as a way to force each block to get written, in hopes of flushing out any bad sectors early.

Then once that’s done, shut down and reboot off the backup to start the SuperDuper copy.

Apart from that, I’d say you have the procedure nicely figured.

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