10.5 lost master discs - how to install from scratch

I've mislaid my master discs but need to repartition the hard drive in order to install Bootcamp and Windows. If I re-format the hardrive I'll have no master System to update. Is it possible to download initial installation for OSX10.5 ?

You can user SuperDuper to "clone" your hard drive to an external firewire or USB drive. Then you can boot from the external "clone," and then you can erase and reformat the internal drive. Before doing that, it would be good to check that the clone works properly. Then after reformating, you can clone from the external drive back to the freshly formatted internal drive volume where you want OS X to reside. Then boot from that internal drive volume and verify that everything is working.
1 = internal drive
2 = external drive
Clone from 1 to 2.
Boot from 2. Check that 2 works just like 1 did.
Erase and reformat and repartition 1.
Clone back from 2 to 1 (choosing the volume and partition that you want OS X on).
Boot from 1, checking that all files and programs are as they were originally.

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Click the Apple () menu top left in your screen. From the drop down menu click About This Mac.
The version is noted there.
Minimum system requirements for syncing data from a Mac to an iPad is v10.6.8 > Apple - iPad: Technical Specifications
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Install from scratch 3 times Mavericks but cannot used my restore it will just start for ever. After first install and restore mail and link between folder and files didn't work anymore. Now cant see my disk in finder. Help?

First install through regular update : never finishing the start after automatic restart
First install from scratch: erase through disk utility, install OS X Mavericks (using Recover mode), restart ok - Used Migration Assistant to restore applications and data only - Mail crashed each 5 inutes and asked constantly for password of my 2 accounts, links between folders and files not OK and attaching a doc was complicated. I downloaded the update same problems
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Third install from scratch: erase through disk utility, install OS X Mavericks (using Recover mode), restart ok - But no disk available in Finder
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Still struggling to understand why copying the entire root dir to a disk image and then restoring from that image did not, as expected, yield an identical system, and why I even had to reinstall after doing this.
Because there is a lot more going on under the hood than merely copying files.
The only way to do what you want is to use cloning software like Carbon Copy Cloner.
My advice is to rescue your personal files to a regular non-TimeMachine external drive, Zero erase the ENTIRE drive and install OS X fresh and update, then your programs from original sources and files from backup.
Then, make a bootable clone and you can copy that as many times as you want and each one is bootable.
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MBP Still running slow after install from scratch

I have a 13-inch, Early 2011 macbook pro. 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5. 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3. It was running very slowly for a few months. Did a disk verify and found the hard drive was corrupt. I did a completely fresh install from scratch and upgraded to 10.9.1. (still running 10.9.1). I did not bring over any of the files or apps from the old system. Wanted to start from scratch.
The problem: It is still slow as heck. I mean, I will click on a folder, it will beach ball for a 3 seconds, then open the folder (for example). It is almost unusable. I just used the disk utility again and checked the hard drive and permissions and no issues were found. Anything else I can try or should I sell and buy something new? I really need to be productive on this machine and this is killing it... Help!

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http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-2-5-Inch-Aluminum-Enclosure-EC-TB4P/dp/B005EIGUD4/ ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1393938834&sr=8-3&keywords=2.5+enclosure
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+Unibody+Early+2011+Hard+Drive+Ca ble+Replacement/5120

How to install from hard disk

i have the mac os x tiger on my hard disk , but no startup disc due to the fact that i had to reinstall my os while repartioning my drive. my question is how do i make a startup disk, or choose to install from the hard drive spot?

my question is how do i make a startup disk...If your iMac shipped with Tiger, boot from the Tiger DVD or the iMac restore disc and reinstall.

How to install from a Solaris 8 install .iso?

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I bought my wife and son an A2109A tablet each just a few days ago. I immediately did an ota update. When I checked if there any further updates it said the tablet had the latest software from 297 days ago.
I see everyone on forums talking about a jellybean release for this tablet so I had a look on Lenovo's site and sure enough, there is an update released on 20th Feb 2013 with the filename a2109_jb_gpl_rc1_227.tar.bz2. I downloaded this, put it on an ecternal sd card and booted into recovery mode. The tablet did a search for an update, found it but couldn't verify the update. I chose the "install from external storage" option, but it couldn't see the file. I renamed the file to "update.zip" and tried again but it aborted again both automatically and manual install.
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MichaelMc wrote:
I bought my wife and son an A2109A tablet each just a few days ago. I immediately did an ota update. When I checked if there any further updates it said the tablet had the latest software from 297 days ago.
I see everyone on forums talking about a jellybean release for this tablet so I had a look on Lenovo's site and sure enough, there is an update released on 20th Feb 2013 with the filename a2109_jb_gpl_rc1_227.tar.bz2. I downloaded this, put it on an ecternal sd card and booted into recovery mode. The tablet did a search for an update, found it but couldn't verify the update. I chose the "install from external storage" option, but it couldn't see the file. I renamed the file to "update.zip" and tried again but it aborted again both automatically and manual install.
What do I need to do to install this update?
You tried to install the kernel source on your tablet? You can't do that, What OS are you running? if you don't have jb, the system update should allow you to update.

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My boss has a laptop without a DVD drive, and wants to install Tiger. Tiger comes on a DVD. What is the best way to complete this install?
If I put the DVD in my laptop, then mount it as an external drive will that give us access to the DVD within it?

You can copy Tiger to CD's (if you already have the Tiger DVD's) and do the install from CD's. Or if your boss has a firewire port on his laptop you can plug in a firewire DVD drive and run the installation from there. You will need to hold down the option key to select which drive to start off of.
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My G40 2388 is running slow although I have increased the memory. I spoke to a computer sales person who did not try to sell me a new laptop but said that it could help to make backup of all documents etc and then reinstall everything and start from scratch. Anyone has experience with that? Will it help? and how do I go about doing it? For instance how to I go back to the initial config. I do not have CDs because the laptop came with Win XP Pro installed from the manufacturer. I just want more speed and more space so I am open to other suggestions.
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A while ago I posted about my confused (and confusing) mess of an iTunes:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16183210#16183210
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So how do I tell iTunes to only look to the external? How do I get rid of the old stuff I have on the internal that is offering duplicates and phantom entries? Do I need to delete iTunes and then download a new copy? Should I delete the iTunes foilder? ...?
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Many thanks!

jayessemm wrote:
So how do I tell iTunes to only look to the external? How do I get rid of the old stuff I have on the internal that is offering duplicates and phantom entries? Do I need to delete iTunes and then download a new copy? Should I delete the iTunes foilder? ...?
the simplest and working way.
go to iTunes -> Preferences -> Advanced
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Check that the rest of the preference pane looks similar to the following picture.
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Done
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Hi everyone,
i've bought recently the new macBook pro i7 and gave my old one to my brother. the old one is the 13" Core 2 Duo. the thing is my brother asked me to format and reinstall the OS X again for him. I didn't have the original CDs that came with the laptop (i left it at home in US) so i used my new i7 one to format it. after the format is done i got a message saing the "the system can't be installed on this computer". I tried everything, I've installed a copies of the system. i even tried to make a backup from another computer but it didn't work.
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These applications (along with some trials I do not need) were bundled with Tiger that came loaded on my laptop. I actually liked and used these applications.
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The applications (mentioned above) that came loaded on my MBP (Tiger) are not on the Tiger installation disks? They are now lost forever as my Leopard needed upgrade did not work well and Apple support asked me to do fresh install?
They do NOT come preloaded on any MacBook Pro, except possibly a used or refurbished one where someone loaded them as a "favor". If you got them on a MacBook Pro that was new, it was purely by mistake, as the specs never show the MacBook Pro as ever coming with those applications. Only the iMac did.
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