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iceaxe23 · Jul 14, 2004, 12:52 AM

well had panther insalled on my mac and it was nothing but problems (could not stay on network, would not remember pref, ect and I just got so sick of it) so I got my old jag disks and did a os change. Now I can't find any of my old e-mails in microsoft entourage, I'm freaking out...I have never lost anything on an upgrade...does a downgrade just lose it all? Man I am so freeking out I'm not even...I'm just sick
wow I just feel sick....those e-mails, and addresses are everthing to me...my income...what do I need to check for? wow this is going to be the end of me of I can't get my files. I can't even think straight so I will end this here

Ω · Jul 14, 2004, 03:10 AM

Not to sound like a heartless bastard, but if the files are so important you would have a back-up of them.

As for your problem, have you lost everything else or just these files? I have never down a downgrade, and when I upgrade I go for the clean install so I have absolutley zero experience in this.

However maybe using something like OmniDiskSweeper might help you track down the files. By the sounds of it they should take up a bit of space on the HD.

Hope all goes well.....

Maflynn · Jul 14, 2004, 06:21 AM

That's bad news.

How did you Reinstall Jaguar? Its been awhile but I know that Panther offers an archive and install. Was this available for you?

It sounds like you may have select a "clean" install which means it wipes out your home directory (which holds your email and addresses).

If that was the case then your only option is to restore from a backup - provided that you have one.

Apple never really designed OSX to be downgraded.

fisherKing · Jul 14, 2004, 07:23 AM

details!
which machine? (and why didnt you investigate fixing 10.3...a great os...?)

how did you downgrade? were you able to archive & install?

are your apps still there? ANY of your files visible?

we need more info to help you...

wataru · Jul 14, 2004, 07:38 AM

I don't remember exactly, but I don't think you can downgrade any way other than a clean install. In that case, you certainly did lose everything.

You should have backed your stuff up.

iceaxe23 · Jul 14, 2004, 09:57 AM

Hi all....well I'm not so freeked out after sleeping it off (long day 15+hours of work)...this was on a g4 350mhz upgraded to 1.2ghz with 1 gig ram. I did the archive install were it saved the old system in a folder. I also have the entourage backup cd of my files and now it is not loading. I also found it on the previous system folder and it's not loading either. not sure what other files I need to move to the new system to get the e-mail to work. I have the entourage archive on cd plus I have the old system files in a "Previous Systems" folder. anything I am doing wrong....thanks all

wataru · Jul 14, 2004, 09:59 AM

If you have the files, then all you should need to do is put them in the proper place. I don't know where that is, since I don't use Entourage.

fisherKing · Jul 14, 2004, 10:32 AM

a few thoughts...
osx does not officially support processor upgrades (why you were probably having problems in 10.3; i've seen this before)

also not an entourage user, but search your user folder (library, probably) for you files.

you should probably re-install apps (like entourage), then find the actual email file from before.

hard to do over the internet, but hope this helps!