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I need to reinstall OS X for my first time - can you help?
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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I'm having a fair amount of problems with just about every program on my G5 running Tiger. I've never done a clean install - just an update when each new OS came out. I have two internal hard drives. Can someone explain to me how I can save all my preferences, music, photos, email, etc. and how to reinstall Tiger again after wiping my main drive clean?
By the way, I've tried to repair permissions, but nothing has worked. I want to start over.
Anyone know of a web site that explains how to do this?
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Since you have a spare drive you can back up your User folder by simply copying it to the other drive. This is provide a second level of backup if you go the archive and install route. You should also backup data that you cannot afford to lose to either an external drive or media like CD or DVD (or even dotmac), just in case something goes wrong with the install and hoses your spare drive. Alternatively you could take the spare drive out during the install process (provided you don't damage it in doing so).
To be honest, I haven't tried archive and install before because I have two drives (and three partitions) too and alternate between the generally wipe the partitions with each successive major OS X upgrade. This gives me the flexibility to have the older OS around in case something goes wrong. After the install of the new OS, I will copy over my data and some of my preferences (located in Library). I also have external backups in case something goes wrong. So far the only bad thing that has happened was when a drive died on me but that was unrelated to installing a new OS.
It may be worthwhile to fully erase your destination drive for the OS, since you haven't done it for the time you have had the machine. IIRC, this will allow for bad sectors to be identified, however you will not have the option to archive and install.
So you have a good deal of flexibility in your choices if you have room on your spare drive for backup.
Good luck,
Neil
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Originally Posted by alligator
By the way, I've tried to repair permissions, but nothing has worked. I want to start over.
Have you tried a new user to see if the problems are gone then?
Have you tried DiskWarrior? I consider it a must have, even if you do not have a problem yet.
Since you have two harddisks, why not simply install Tiger on the other harddisk and make that your start up disk in Preferences?
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