Apple Software Restore, or ASR, is a disk image restoration utility
for exactly restoring hard drives from a given image. The version of
ASR on this page is from the v09.00 (Apple) Application Recovery CD.

> ## Apple Software Restore 1.3.2 Quick Reference
>
> Apple Software Restore (ASR) is a utility application that will
> exactly restore disk images created with Disk Copy to a target hard
> drive. ASR is designed to automate the duplication of a software
> configuration onto any number of computer systems. It has a
> configurable preferences file that allows the application to preset
> features, show or hide features (depending on the intended user),
> and automatically restore and shutdown a system. It can be
> configured for keyboard/mouse control, can be controlled via an ADB
> barcode scanner, or can be scripted via AppleScript. ASR can restore
> a disk image stored locally, or from an image on an AppleShare (or
> AFP compliant) file server.
>
> [...]
>
> ### Basic Functions
>
> ? ASR supports restoration of a disk image. ASR can restore a Read-
> Only or Read-Only compressed disk image created by Disk Copy 6.1.3
> (or greater), provided it is ImageScanned first. Previous versions
> of ASR only supported restoration of software from a folder
> structure of files commonly known as a 'Custom Mac Bundle'. ASR will
> still restore this older format in addition to disk images. (Note
> that the Custom Mac Bundle format is undocumented, and its creation
> as a source for ASR is unsupported.)
>
> ? Restoration options. ASR can be configured to restore the
> files/folders in a source image in three different manners: Restore
> in place, Erase Disk, or neither.
>
> -When Restoring in place, all files being copied will overwrite any
> existing files that are on the target disk, but will leave all
> existing information intact.
>  Note that from AppleScript, when restoring in place a destination
> folder can be specified in addition to just a destination volume.
> This allows one to restore an image in place to a sub folder of a
> given volume. When restoring an image in place to a subfolder, the
> contents of the image is copied to the target folder (vs. a folder
> named for the image with the content copied to the folder).
>  -When Erasing the Disk, the target disk will be erased (in the
> chosen volume format), and the files/folders from the source image
> will be copied over to the target.
>  -When neither option is selected, ASR will move all the existing
> data on the target disk to a folder named "Original Items", then
> copy all files/folders from the source image.
>
> When erasing the target disk, ASR will copy all the information from
> the source image exactly, including volume level information. This
> means that applications and extensions that store information
> concerning the volume will continue to function once restored to a
> new disk. For example, aliases will continue to function on the
> newly restored volume.
>
> When not erasing the target disk, ASR will perform a copy operation
> similar to copying files in the Finder. Applications whose
> preferences depend on specific volume information may not function
> without being reinstalled, and all aliases may not resolve.
>
> In addition to these three options, there are two additional
> selections that may be configured before restoring in any manner:
> Restore System Folder or Restore Everything Else. By default they
> are both checked. If System Folder is unchecked, everything from the
> source image will be restored except the blessed System Folder. If
> Everything Else is unchecked, only a blessed System Folder will be
> restored. If a blessed System Folder is not present, or is the only
> item present, unchecking these options may result in nothing to
> restore. In that case, the status area in the main selection dialog
> will reflect this, and the restore button will be disabled.

> ## Apple Software Restore 1.3.2 Quick Start
>
> [...]
>
> ### Preparing an Entire Disk as a Source Volume
>
> 1\. On the source volume, install all needed software and set up any
> preferences, window positions, etc. In short, make things look
> exactly was you want them to appear. Don't forget to empty the
> trash.
>
> 2\. Start up the computer from a volume other than the source
> volume.
>
> 3\. Run Disk First Aid or another similar utility on the source
> volume to check and repair any directory damage. The "Fix Local
> Aliases" AppleScript can also be run at this time.
>
> 4\. If you need the disk image of the source volume to be as small
> as possible, run a drive optimization utility set to place all the
> free space at one end of the drive and to erase free space.
>
> 5\. Drop the volume icon onto Disk Copy to create a disk image.
> Select either read-only or read-only compressed format. Both formats
> will truncate any free space, resulting in a disk image the size of
> the data instead of the whole volume. Read-only compressed will
> additionally reduce the size of the disk image, depending on how
> much the data can be compressed.
>
> 6\. Select "Scan Image for ASR" from Disk Copy's Scripts menu. You
> will be asked to select a disk image. Once selected, the script will
> run for a number of minutes and you will not see any progress
> dialog. The script will play a sound when it has finished.
>
> 7\. Your disk image is now ready for use with ASR.

See Also: [Apple Software Restore 2.2.5][1]

Compatibility
Architecture: 68k

ASR is 68k encoded only. However, ASR also runs fine in PPC Macintosh.

For SSW 7.5 or later, including Mac OS 8.0 to 9.2.2

A/UX and Macintosh Application Environment (MAE) are not supported.

  [1]: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/apple-software-restore-225

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