One other possibility, I recently saw that tidbits announced a disk utility package called l Drive Genius 3.1 for the Macintosh that costs $100. If you are concerned about the time to install and then migrate your files back on to the computer you could consider using this application. I believe it does several other functions also, but I am not sure.
Jonathan On Jan 24, 2011, at 3:48 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Well it looks like my OS problem din't go away and I don't want to do it but > it looks like i need to reinstall. Well I think I'm doing pretty good after a > year of owning this thing. Anyway I don't want to loose anything. I am backed > up via time machine and I know how to work the installer but what is the > difference between installing with out erasing the disk and installing after > formatting the disk? and which is better. Also if I have to format the disk > How will I restore from the latest time machine back up using the OS10 disk? > > Thanks all. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
