Thanks for the clarification - this is such a useful list. On 23 Jun 2011, at 03:19, Jon Cohn wrote:
> Yes you will lose something but it is not data. What you will lose is access > to the APple Keychain that holds all of your stored passwords forMail, > Safari, WebKit Skype and probably other tools too. > > Jonathan > > On Jun 22, 2011, at 4:13 PM, Eleanor Southwood wrote: > >> Thanks, thought not, but the idea of possibly losing stuff was just too >> awful! >> >> On 22 Jun 2011, at 20:32, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: >> >>> I wouldn't think you would. All you're doing's! changing the pwd. >>> >>> Chris. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eleanor Southwood" >>> <eleanorsouthw...@gmail.com> >>> To: "MacVisionaries" <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 12:22 PM >>> Subject: Will I lose data if I boot from instillation disk? >>> >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Ok, so in an attempt to get organised I have partitioned an external hard >>>> drive ready to use one of the partitions to create a backup of everything >>>> on my mac (including operating system) using carbon copy cloner. >>>> >>>> Everything was going well until ccc asked for my mac password which, >>>> naturally, I have forgotten! Googling suggests I should boot from the >>>> installation disks and reset the password that way, but will I lose data >>>> doing this? >>>> >>>> Is there another way of finding my password? I'm the only person using the >>>> mac so I assume I'm the administrator. >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance, >>>> Ellie >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
