Right. That's what I wanted to know. Thanks, Artie.
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Originally Posted By: artie505
> But, why can't I boot Time Machine off of my external drive if my internal hard drive dies?
If I understand that question, the answer is that although Time Machine can be used to create a bootable volume, a Time Machine backup is not bootable in and of itself (as opposed to a cloned backup which is).
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