Clean Install from Leopard to Snow Leopard.

My girlfriend's laptop currently has Leopard on it. I want to install Snow Leopard on it for her. I have never installed OS X but I have Windows before. I'm assuming it will give me the option for a clean install and that is what I want to do. But if I do that, will it ask me for the Leopard disc? I ask because she does not know where her disc is. Thank you in advanced for your help?
Another situation, what if I completely format her harddrive prior to installing Snow Leopard. If I buy the $29.00 version, will I be able to install it without the Leopard disc?

The Snow Leopard installer is designed to install over the existing system without changing applications, data or preferences.
To do a clean install you need to carry out an erase from Disk Utility on the install disc.
If you do wipe the drive for a clean install, you'll lose all data and all the bundled software that came with the Mac. That is, the iLife apps (iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand) and a few smaller but useful apps.
That software is on the second disc of the installer set that came with the Mac.
If you have an external HD you can clone the existing system to it, then erase the internal, install Snow and then use the setup assistant to transfer data and apps back as required. That should be done immediately after first boot into the new OS.
Note that the external will need to be formatted the same as the internal, i.e. GUID partition map and Mac OS Extended (journalled) file system.
Regardless of which way you choose to do it, it's worth trying to find or replace those original Leopard discs. Apart from having the software to hand, they also contain Apple Hardware Test for that model. If she can't find them they can be got for a small fee by calling AppleCare with the serial no. of the Mac.
But if she still has the original box, it might be worth having a look in there; the discs are in a small white box with the Quick start manual and warranty information.

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Well, I wouldn't do it that way, too many steps.
I would:
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2. Boot from your external drive, update it to Snow Leopard.
3. Purchase and download ML from that external boot. Save a copy of the installer to a location other than the Applications folder, that way it won't be erased after you use it. (verify that you've made a copy and not just an alias)
4. Install your new drive, format it.
5. Boot from your external, run the ML installer, select your new empty internal as the install destination, when prompted, use Setup Assistant to migrate your data from the external to the internal.
6. When done, you should have a fresh install of ML on your new internal and a bootable SL on your external as a backup. If you decide that you want to go back to SL, you can just erase the internal and clone the external back to the internal.
Note: You don't need to make a bootable USB installer, they're too slow anyway. Just keep a copy of the ML installer on your external, bootable drive, so that you won't have to download it again.
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heatharnold wrote:
...do I need to start all over.
Daniel ~ Welcome to the discussions. If you didn't backup iWeb's key Domain file before the clean install, you'll probably need to start over. I say "probably" because even though you didn't deliberately back up the Domain file, perhaps you were running Time Machine — in which case, there's still hope:
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http://iwebfaq.org/site/iWebBackupretrieve.html
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_iWeb ’08: Backing up your Domain file_

Restoring files ONLY from Time Machine on a clean install of Leopard

Hi folks. I've seen variations of this asked but not quite the answer I'm looking for.
I want to do a clean install of Leopard and want to restore only files from a TM backup (mp3's, photos, docs, etc.). I don't want to incorporate apps, system files or the user account from the TM backup. Just a fresh installation of OS X on which I can incorporate my files from a TM backup without having to worry about incorporating unwanted programs, hidden files and whatnot. I used to do this on Windows all the time but can't figure out a way of doing it on OS X. Thanks in advance for your suggestions!
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j_kanaris wrote:
What's user ID 501? So if I'm trying to import files from a TM backup and I have the same user ID, I won't be prompted to change it based on this method?
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thats happening all the time. it is not a one time thing. if there was a run away process it should get killed when a reboot is performed right?
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Many people have reported that there ATI 9600's don't work well in leopard. Most were able to fix the problem by installing old ATI drivers, including me. I still get glitches but only when going from a full screen w/thousand color back to a million colors, but the glitches only affect the docks stacks.
The guide can be found here: http://interandom.com/2007/10/31/leopard-ati-radeon-9600/
Let us know how it goes. Good Luck.

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Having never seen a setup like that, I'm not sure how it will work.
In theory, just erase the Mac OS volume, then install, choosing to recover from a Time Machine backup.
When you boot into Recovery, open Disk Utility and select the Mac OS volume, not the whole disk. Erase it, then quit DU and restore from the Time Machine backup. However, this is the part I'm not certain of. I would imagine the partition with TM backup will be mounted, but I don't know.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4718
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Your setup is severely flawed. A backup on the same drive as the data is not a backup. You will lose everything with a disk failure.
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how do I do a clean install from Lion download ?
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Applegadge

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Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
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