Clean Install? What is required? Macbook shutdowns?

I am experiencing these annoying MB shutdowns, all the time, and have tried EVERYTHING possible to reset and change, like the RAM sticks, the PMU, the PRAM, firmware, and many other things. I am going to try a clean install, but first of all, how do I do this, and do I need to back up my data? I have tried putting my Mac HD onto my firewire HD but my MB shuts down in the process. What is the deal? How do I do this?
-The Jaxter

Yes, if you do an erase andinstall it will wipe your HD then re-install everything, so you will need to backup your data or it will be lost.
You cannot simply copy over your HD to an external FW drive. If you want to get everything, you will need to clone the HD using a tool like SuperDuper but if your Mac will not stay on long enough to make the copy all you can do it drag and drop data in chunks that are small enough in an effort to get them copies over before the next shutdown.
I doubt a clean install will solve the problem, but it is still worth a shot. Replacement seems to be the way to go.

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I previously had a problem with my Laptop dying randomly you can read about it in the thread entitled Computer dies Randomly (Battery also dead) click to view
Before I realised the solutions, I thought that maybe my Laptop had become infected with a Virus and decided it would be prudent to do a clean install of the Windows XP operating system.
Everything went perfectly and thought a clean install was a good opportunity to download the “XP Service Pack 3” SP3 and did so, it seemed very quiet though and that’s when I realised I had no sound…
I downloaded all of the sound drivers I could find on the Lenovo site for 3000 N100 (I knew from previous experience that the “SOUNDMAX” driver is the only one that actually works with this 3000 N100) in order to install this you have to install the Realtek HD audio driver, but in order to install that you have to install some other Driver/Soft that only works with SP1 or SP2 if you try to install it with SP3 it will say that you don’t need the file as your Service pack is newer than the file you want to install, this is understandable as SP3 is not final as of yet (but it’s good to know).
My next problem was that my extra RAM was not detected, this was fixed by updating the BIOS, after installing all of the System updates, PC Doctor, everything I could find for 3000 N100 I decided to rest, I pushed the Lenovo care button and it did not work, I found a hot key driver and installed it but still the Lenovo care button does not work, previously when I pushed this button it would bring up the Lenovo menu but now it’s just a dead button, Does anyone know how to get this button working again?
I am pretty sure that everything else is working fine now, just that button not working is very annoying, is there a set routing of installs you must do to get everything working, i.e. bios 1st audio 2nd system update 3rd etc...
Please help, I hope I have helped you...
Message Edited by DrunkenNinja on 05-07-2008 03:38 AM
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Ok first everything works now... except the Lenovo Care button, I just posted the other stuff cause it might help other members, I have searched the forum for an anwser to this problem but there was only one anwser (suggesting to uninstall the driver restart and re-install it) and it did not result in a working Lenovo Care button...
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The Lenovo Care button works fine on Boot up screen to access the rescue and recovery software (So the mechanics of the button are fine) but once Windows XP loads it is just a dead button, I remember it used to open up the Lenovo Care Start bar, I got it working once in the past but I can't remember what I did, I thought someone here might know the anwser...

After finally completing a clean install what is the BEST way to replace my data.

Please understand I moved from PC to Mac in Late 2011. Unlike windows where you have to know how it all works to use it, Mac is so simple I, to my own detriment , did not take the time to learn more than just my daily use. Been busy moving country and other crazy life stuff. I am rectifying this mistake. I did have issue with the clean install process working through with out interruption, some file issue, so had to repeat a few times.
1. completed a clean install through to completion of set up, new account etc. Machine runs amazingly better. Completed updates. Knowing Migration Assistant can deal with duplicate user issues.
Q? Do I need to run disk repair or other.
2. Thought myself ill equipped with knowledge and understanding to manually replace my data via finder. I simply do not know where things are supposed to go.
3. Tried reinstall of everything thru set up but it installed everything including all the issues I had before. Went through clean install process again.
4. With this in mind I am hesitant and very weary to use Migration Assistant to move everything back as I simply do Not know where the issue lies even if it allowed greater folder & file separation.
I have got to the stage where I am ready to recover my data which is on my backup external hard drive. The data was recovered using Time Machine.
I wish to do what is best for my machine. It is getting older and I wish to do what I can for its longevity.
Q? So what data is best recovered in which way and in what order.
5. Is it best to say do recover applications from App Store and redo all updates if required.
Then install non app store apps, e.g. Microsoft office for mac, and others thru finder.
Users thru Migration assistant etc etc.
Been learning and working on this since my last post. Lots of watching YouTube and reading for hours.
So much conflicting opinions and maybe this is due to my lack of specifics and most posts are for general use so I do understand.
Again thank you in advance. I still think Mac has it all over PC.

I read thru the data migration one below however wasn't sure of its applicability given it was from 09.
Re: 2. there seems to be data I have yet to bring across. How important it is I don't know. What exactly it is I also am yet to find out. Will proceed with the downloading n stuff.
Thank you for your help on this.

New hard drive, clean install of Lion, but MacBook Pro is still freezing

Hi everyone,
Even the folks at the Apple store don't seem to know what's going on with my MacBook Pro.
My hard drive crashed a few weeks ago. I bought a Western Digital Scorpio Blue and replaced it myself. The MacBook didn't seem to like it (lots of freezing, going really slow, etc) and so, after reading online that many MacBook Pro users did not like the WD Scoprio Blue, I returned it and bought a 320 GB Hitachi. Before replacing the WD drive with the Hitachi drive, I used SuperDuper! to make my external hard drive a clone of the WD hard drive. I replaced the WD with the Hitachi, booted from the external, and then restored all my stuff to the Hitachi. The computer still didn't work so well, so I did a zero-out erase and a clean install of Lion. I dragged my files over individually (only about 100 GB of word documents, music, and photos). For the first two days, everything worked perfectly. Then I started getting these error messages:
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I don't know what it could be. It's not the hard drive...I've run disk utility, S.M.A.R.T., and an app that checks the hardware associated with the drive. All of these programs say the hard drive is absolutely fine. I've also reset PRAM. Another thing worth noting is that I'm currently booting/working off of my external, and it works absolutely perfectly.
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OS clean install interupted on 2011 Macbook Pro G4. Now computer not booting up

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Lion Clean Install - No Disc Required - Recovery Partition Solution

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How to do clean install lion on new macbook pro?

I have a new macbook pro...I want to do a clean install on a new hard drive...but when I goto the app store it shows lion app available but it's not free? Do I need to buy this when i just purchased the Mac?
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How to clean install os x on macbook pro late 2013 using usb (offline) (without recovery direct download)

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Im trying to clean install OS X from last month using inbuild recovery partition method. Due to slow internet connection Im unable to complete the installation. I tried many times using this intallation process but it failled to complete the installation. My internet connection is steady but due to "time out" the whole installation process is skiping. So Im not able to use my brand new macbook pro late 2013 from last month beginning. Please provide an alternative solution to install os x.

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Clean install of Lion on MacBook Pro

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Game of Thrones wrote:
Hello to everyone.
I am new to the Mac community. Recently i purchased a MBP (and am really happy with it). However i need to make a clean instal of the Lion that it came with. Can somebody help me ?
P.S. I am sorry if this question was asked before. I could not find it.
Thanks in advance !
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OsX Clean Install - What about Bootcamp??

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I'm planning to upgrade from Lion to Mavericks with a clean install. But I'm worried that the speed-advantages of an clean install will get lost by migrating my current user account/home folder. I migrated my main-user-account from new Mac OS to new Mac OS for many years now and used/tried a lot of applications. I Think that my main-user-home-library is a mess now - e.g. when I create a new user with my current Lion - System - this new user is already much faster than my good old main user.
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We understood that your query is about to know the details on driver to be installed after reinstalling the Windows 8 OS to SSD drive. And there is no other option to upgrade, you have to perform clean installation of OS after replacing the drive.
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we having more and more problems with our system, we using mostly aperture. lots of data, lots of copying and deleting on the internal HD of our MBP. Now we getting more and more problems, probably part is defrag on internal HD and too much old software on the Book.
I would like to do a clean, clean reinstall of Leopard BUT because this is my main computer I must make sure that it does not take me 4 days to get it back up.
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