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Restore DVD without formatting first?
Authored by: joab on Thu, Jan 24 2008 at 8:40AM PST

Can I somehow restore the install DVD to a firewire drive without formatting it first? I have files on it that I don't want to lose.

Restore DVD without formatting first?
Authored by: robogobo on Thu, Jan 24 2008 at 5:51PM PST

no. a restore will erase the partition.