Re: reinstalling OSX

2011-01-26 Thread Sarah Alawami
Actually I have a lot of time. Bye thanks On 26/01/2011, at 6:27, "Jonathan C. Cohn" wrote: > One other possibility, I recently saw that tidbits announced a disk utility > package calledl Drive Genius 3.1 for the Macintosh that costs $100. If > you are concerned about the time to insta

Re: reinstalling OSX

2011-01-26 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
One other possibility, I recently saw that tidbits announced a disk utility package calledl 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

Re: reinstalling OSX

2011-01-24 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hmm I'll have to look at that.. I hope it didn't change. lol! On Jan 24, 2011, at 4:02 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > you should be able to. in fact, I think there was a podcast on this very > subject (choosing files to restore from a time machine backup). > > I think its in the macvisionaries archives

Re: reinstalling OSX

2011-01-24 Thread Eric Oyen
you should be able to. in fact, I think there was a podcast on this very subject (choosing files to restore from a time machine backup). I think its in the macvisionaries archives by now. -Eric On Jan 24, 2011, at 3:53 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Now if I import fromt he last back up how can I

Re: reinstalling OSX

2011-01-24 Thread Sarah Alawami
Now if I import fromt he last back up how can I have it not import my for mail as I literely want to start out clean from there. Can you choose a set of files you can restore? S On Jan 24, 2011, at 2:04 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > installing without erasing will only overwrite the main system files

Re: reinstalling OSX

2011-01-24 Thread Sarah Alawami
Thanks. will do that tongiht. I hope. lol! On Jan 24, 2011, at 1:28 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Well, I'd go head and hard format the disk. Do the reinstall. I like to do > it that way cause you have a truly clean install. When the newly reinstalled > OS comes up, it's just as if you brought it

Re: reinstalling OSX

2011-01-24 Thread Eric Oyen
installing without erasing will only overwrite the main system files. your personal settings (in /Users/ ) will not be altered. in fact, they might get backed up to a directory called "old-home:. still, backing up is not a bad idea. you might find the system has inconsistent operation unless yo

Re: reinstalling OSX

2011-01-24 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Well, I'd go head and hard format the disk. Do the reinstall. I like to do it that way cause you have a truly clean install. When the newly reinstalled OS comes up, it's just as if you brought it home from the store for the first time. There's the music and verble introduction thingie. Just

reinstalling OSX

2011-01-24 Thread Sarah Alawami
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 wh