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Making a bootable backup of Macbook Pro Retina Display

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02 Aug, 2012 04:56 PM

How can i make a bootable backup of my MBP Retina Display. I used CCC to make a copy as i have with older macs and it will not boot from an external thunderbolt drive. I understand that Apple has done this for some reason. I would like to upgrade to mountain Lion but want a quick and easy path back to my current setup as it is working and set up just as i like it. Any suggestions?

  1. Support Staff 2 Posted by Mike Bombich on 02 Aug, 2012 05:01 PM

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    Hi Ron:

    The process shouldn't be any different than in the past. Check out this section of the documentation for some troubleshooting suggestions:

    Help! My clone won't boot!

    But I'd also like to take a look at your CCC log for some context. Can you submit your logs to me for review? The easiest way to do this is from within CCC:

    1. Choose "Report a problem" from the Help menu
    2. Click on the "Submit Logs" tab and review the information presented
    3. Click on the "Submit Logs" button
    4. Update this discussion to let us know that you've submitted your logs, and please note the submission ID at the bottom of the Submit Logs tab.

    Thanks,
    Mike

    Mike

  2. 3 Posted by Ron Bernstein on 02 Aug, 2012 05:11 PM

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    Mike,

    I just uploaded the logs.

    Ron

  3. Support Staff 4 Posted by Mike Bombich on 02 Aug, 2012 05:31 PM

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    Hi Ron:

    I hate bringing this up after you've copied all that data, but the problem is that the partitioning scheme on your destination disk is wrong. CCC would have warned you about this the first time that you backed up to that volume, but wouldn't have prevented you from using it as a destination (not everyone wants to boot from the backup).

    To solve the problem, you'll have to repartition the destination disk using Disk Utility. I explain exactly what you need to do here in the documentation:

    Preparing a hard drive for use with Carbon Copy Cloner

    Repartitioning the disk is a destructive task, so if there is any data on the backup volume that isn't backed up anywhere else, be sure to back that up before proceeding.

    Mike

  4. 5 Posted by Ron Bernstein on 02 Aug, 2012 05:33 PM

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    Mike,

    Can CCC backup this machine to a Flash disk for a bootable backup or does it need to be a disk drive?

    Ron

  5. Support Staff 6 Posted by Mike Bombich on 02 Aug, 2012 06:06 PM

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    You can back up to a flash drive. Again, the disk has to be partitioned with the GPT partitioning scheme (most ship partitioned with the "FDisk" partition scheme, or Master Boot Record), but you can do that. Have some patience, USB "disk on key" or "thumb drives" are quite a bit slower than ordinary disk drives.

    Mike

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