Time machine backup of individual hdd?

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Time machine backup of individual hdd?

Can I do a backup from Time Machine of only a certain hdd?

My system, 10.10.3, has an OS drive and a data drive where I keep my photo and docs. The data drive went bad and I'll be purchasing a new one.

I see instructions for recovering a whole system but I don't need that. I just need to place, from Time Machine, the contents of my now defunct data hdd.

How do I do that?

Thanks!!

Posted on May 4, 2015 6:20 AM

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Answer 1

Linc Davis

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May 4, 2015 7:11 AM in response to hand_coder

Launch Disk Utility and follow the instructions in this support article, under “Instructions for backing up to an external hard disk via Disk Utility.” The article refers to starting up from a DVD, but the procedure in Recovery mode is the same. You don't need a DVD if you're running OS X 10.7 or later.

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hand_coder Author

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May 4, 2015 10:39 PM in response to Linc Davis

Thanks Linc, I have the .dmg creation in process now. Estimate is that it will take 16+ hours to complete.

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