Erase the drive to the computer store

Hi guys,.

I send you my iMac to fix a screen. I don't want the possibility of the it Department at my personal information. I decided that the best way is to make a Time Machine backup, and then put in shape or erase my HD.

Can I be sure I have a Time Machine backup all my files backed up to 100%? For example, mail sent, received e-mails, Photos on Aperture and so on... There are a lot of hidden files, who knows where.

I would like to reinstall my Mavericks when I get my iMac back and hope that everything will be there Time machine.

Any tips or ideas?

Thank you!

I'm not a big fan of Time Machine, then I would say you clone the drive to an external drive.

Clone of Yosemite, Mavericks, Lion/Mountain Lion, using utility restore disk Option

HD recovery start:

Restart the computer and after the buzzer, press on and hold down the COMMAND and R until the menu screen appears. Otherwise, restart the computer and after the buzzer, press on and hold down the OPTION key until the Boot Manager screen. Select the Recovery HD and click on the arrow pointing down.

1. Select utility disk in the main menu then press on continue

button.

2. Select the destination volume in the list on the left.

3. click on the tab restore in the main window of THE.

4. Select the destination volume in the left list and then drag

for the input of Destination field.

5. Select the volume of the source of the list on the left and drag it to

the Source field.

6. check understood you, and then click Restore.

Destination means that the external backup drive. Source means that the boot disk internal.



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