Installing leopard as an 'archive and install' and problems!

I have just made and archive and install of leopard on my macbook and although the programme told me the installing had been accomplished without problems, the computer could not start up. Instead of starting up it entered a sort of loop where it displayed the Mac apple and had a weel spinning for some minutes, then the screen went black as if it restarted the computer and then it went back to the mac apple on a grey/blue background and the spinning weel.
Can anybody help me with this problem? What has gone wrong and how can a save my computer!

This is just my disaster day! I finally managed to get Leopard installed, but despite the fact that I did an 'archive and install' the installation process had not kept my files intact - most of my work files have gone it seems and the Leopard did start all over keeping none of my settings at all.
I have now looked in the previous systems folder and only some files and settings are seemingly stored, but I don't know how to 'reinstall' them on my computer.
I must admit that Mac very much resembles macrisoft products in this case. What a disaster!

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When Leopard won't archive and install

I thought I'd relate my experience for those of you that have not yet upgraded. When I first attempted to install Leopard on my daughter's Macbook, the installer wanted to force me to do an erase and install and did not give an explanation as to why. I assumed there was a problem with the disk, so I aborted the install and used Disk Utility to try to repair the disk, but DU could not repair the disk. Next, I restarted in target mode with the MB connected to my iMac, and used Carbon Copy Cloner (file mode - I didn't want to copy a bad block) to clone the MB system to a folder on my iMac. Next, I re-formatted the MB disk and used CCC to reinstall the clone to the MB. Now, with the disk repaired, Leopard allowed me to do the archive and install and all went well.

Well i did once on the new macbook 2.2ghz. When i cannot find the Boot Camp in Utilities, I tried to reinstall it Using restore disk 1. There 3 option to choose 1, upgrade (unable to choose) 2 archive and install (unable to choose) only Erase and Install. When i used the retail pack it let me choose all 3 but then i never proceed. I used terminal to find where is the Boot Camp discover it hidden in the recovery disk. If in that case most of us here facing same problem on different scenario. ;(

Does "Archive and Install" really exists on the Snow Leopard install DVD ?

Well, Mr Magoo really needs your help.
I have an iMac late 2009 edition and the Snow Leopard DVD installer discs.
Reading the little baby paper book manual that came with the discs and the iMac it says on page 54 that i can re-install Snow Leopard by choosing "Archive and Install" or "Erase and Install".
Mr Magoo just can't find that "Archive and Install" choice and have concluded that this is a very bad reprint of a manual from years long ago when it was possible to archive and install or it some joke by Apple.
Unfortunately my 90 days of phone talk to Apple has expired albeit the two year warranty under apple sometimes care program i purchased is still valid.
Help/suggestions on how i can get to do an Archive and Install with the Snow Leopard installer DVD that came with this iMac ?

Dave Sawyer wrote:
You misunderstand what Carolyn wrote. In Snow Leopard, Apple engineered the installer so that any reinstallation over an existing copy is in essence an "archival" install in the sense that it replaces all the OS files while automatically preserving the applications and user settings, just as the old "archive and install" option did, though no longer with the option to not preserve the user settings. So all installations over an existing OS are in essence "archive and install", so Apple removed the extra, now-redundant option.
They also removed the "Erase and Install" option. The only way you get a "complete fresh" installation is if you use Disk Utility to erase the drive. Otherwise the 10.6 installer will install a new set of OS files but not remove your apps and user settings.
If you want to reinstall Mac OS X 10.6 and keep your applications and user settings and data, just do a normal installation over the existing one. If you want to do a completely fresh installation, either starting completely new or restoring user data from a backup, first run Disk Utility from the Utilities menu and erase the drive.
Well, have you tried an Snow Leopard installation on top of a previously installed Snow Leopard.
I must really be an idiot in using the snow leopard installer.
I loaded the optical slot with the Snow Leopard DVD installer and after it opened up on the desk top i double clicked the install icon. That restarted my iMac.
When I launched the installer after selecting my "Language" and then going thru the customization ( for example I don't need all those foreign languages ) and then selecting the drive to carry out the installation the installation starts.
Upon completion all my third party applications were zapped and i only had the Apple applications. There was no "previous" system folder as there used to be in previous operating system installers.
So, honestly, I have no idea how you folks manage to make an Snow Leopard installation over a previously installed Snow Leopard whereby all the third party applications are still there.
Please tell me the steps i should take to make an "archival" install over top of a previously installed Snow Leopard that retains all third party applications.
After my install of Snow Leopard I had to re-install all my third party software applications which in my case are mainly midi/audio programs.

Leopard- Archive and Install

After loading Leopard I discovered that the DVD Player would lock up the computer after inserting a DVD. After long searches and phone calls I took the computer to an Apple Store and was told to reinstall Leopard using the Archive and Install option and to not install the 'Leopard Graphics Update', it worked, DVD Player now works. The unfortunate thing is I lost over 10GB in the process, given that I only have 60GB in the first place this is not good. Searching through finder I found 11.8GB in 'Previous Systems'. Do I need this and how can I get the lost storage back?
Jeff

I had to do an archive and install also. I backed up the "previous system" folder onto another hard drive just in case and removed it from the system drive. I just dropped the entire thing into the trash, emptied it and I got my lost space back. I haven't needed anything in the previous system folder, so I may junk it after another week or so just to be sure. Maybe I will split it up and copy it to a couple of DVDs just in case.
Hope this helps.

Archive and install slowing down?

When I installed Leopard I chose Archive and install after two failed Updates with BSOD, now it's working fine but sometimes I think it's not as fast and responsive as it should be.
Could archive and install be slowing it down?
Thanks

If you have a spare external hard drive you can copy the old system folder to it (or burn it to DVD) and then toss it, though I doubt it has anything to do with the old system.
Check "Activity Monitor" to see if there are any applications that are using a large amount of CPU time or percentage. Sometimes various applications will take off on using the CPU (the Finder has done it once or twice for me) and need to be relaunched.

Upgrade or Archive and Install option on new and almost empty HDD?

My Macbook has recently come back from repair with a new HDD fitted after the original failed. It has Tiger and iLife 6 installed plus a couple of 3rd party applications (PhotoPresenter and Onyx) but apart from the configurations for my Airport base stations there is not else on it yet. I have a home wireless network that I set up from this Macbook comprising of an Airport Extreme and an Airport Express connecting wirelessly and I don't want to risk losing my internet connection. Is it still considered to be the safer option to install Leopard using the Archive and Install option or would it be ok to choose Upgrade which looks easier to do and would take up less space on the hard drive? I also want to upgrade to iLife 8 at some point...should I do that first?

Hi 12frets56;
If you do the Upgrade and have problems, you can always do the Archive & Install later. That is part of the reason I suggest do the Upgrade first. It is fast and easy. If it works for you as it did for me you are done quickly.
I also start with a clone of my current system first that I test to be sure I can boot from it. So far I have not needed it but it is alway nice to know that you can get back to the current system just in case.
Allan

Archive and Install - what now?

I installed Leopard yesterday via Archive and Install. So far everything is working great. I have never installed a Mac OS before (recent switcher...first upgrade) and Archive and Install felt like an upgrade. Everything is exactly as it was before installing Leopard. My question is what to do with the Previous System folder that was left behind. Do I need it? Do I need to sort through every folder and subfolder to find items that weren't copied over to the new system, or is there an easier way? So far, Leopard is running fine, and I see no need to keep the Previous System folder. I had also cloned my hard drive to an external hard drive. Do I still need a Tiger backup or can I delete it? Thanks in advance for your help.

badefou,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
If the previous system folder is not on the top level of your Macintosh HD, you probably did not actually use the "Archive and Install" installation feature.
WhatSize is a shareware tool that allows the user to quickly measure the size in bytes of a given folder and all subfolders and files within it.
I noticed that you posted this question in several other threads. If my information will not provide an answer for you, I suggest opening your very own question in this forum. That will get your question noticed better than Hijacking this thread. By the way, I am not chastising you by using that word, just using the common term for adding your question to someone else's question.
;~)

TS1394 Can't re-install Leopard. Trying to reinstall the OS because computer locks up. It is a 2008 iMac that came with Leopard. Upgraded to Snow Leopard. Tried to archive and install from original DVD that came with iMac. Installation failed, so tri

Computer locks up, so I want to reinstall the OS. I had upgraded to Snow Leopard.
Tried to do an archive and install from the DVD that came with the computer, but that failed.
Tried to do an erase and install, but the install stops somewhere near the end, 13 minutes to go. Tried several times, same result.
Can't reboot from the install disk, it just ejects the disk and I get the flashing question mark.
Any suggestions will be appreciated.

I think my hard drive is toast. When I boot in single user mode, I get the following text:
CSRHID Transition Driver: start booting in single user... will wait for window server
Then the following text appears, repeating itself over and over, except that the numbers (indicated by "xxxxxxx")
SAM Multimedia: READ or WRITE failed, SENSE_KEY = 0x03, ASC = 0x02, ASCQ = 0x00
SAM Multimedia: READ or WRITE failed, SENSE_KEY = 0x03, ASC = 0x02, ASCQ = 0x00
disk1s3: I/O error.
0[level 3] [READUID 0] [Facility com.apple.system.fs] [ErrType IO] [Err No 51] [IDType READ] [PB1kNum xxxxxxxxx] [LB1kNum 0] [FSLogMsgID xxxxxxx] [FSLogMsgOrder First]
0[Level 3] [READUID 0] [Facility com.apple.system.fs] [FSLogMsgID xxxxxxxxxx] [FSLogMsgOrder Last]
These messages keep repeating with the numbers (xxxxxxxxx) changing with each iteration.
Does this indicate a bad hard drive?
Thanks.

Can't open Virtual Machines after "Archive and Install" of Snow Leopard OS

Hi all,
Please bear with me while I provide a bit of background info for my issue:
I just installed a copy of Adobe Photoshop CS5, during which I was actually forced to archive and install my Snow Leopard because of an installation error. So, I inserted my Snow Leopard disc and let the OS X installer do its thing. I remember, somewhere along the way, an admonishment that this process may somehow corrupt any virtual machines that may be installed, but throwing caution to the wind, I went ahead anyway.
Well, turns out it did indeed corrupt my installation of Parallels 6 somehow, and now none of my VMs work. When I open Parallels, and select File -> Open, then select whichever VM I want, a screen flashes so quickly I can't see it (I assume it says something like "Opening XYZ Virtual Machine"), and then.......nothing.
Thus far, I have tried to uninstall and reinstall Parallels 6 (using the KB article that directs you to delete a bunch of files via Terminal after running the packaged uninstaller) and I deleted my VMs and restored backup copies of them from several months ago.
I'm now at a loss - any ideas what I can do to get Parallels to function again? I don't know if somehow permissions were modified, or if there are any other particulars that the reinstall of Snow Leopard may have made to cause parallels to be unable to open my VMs.
Appreciate any advice in advance!

I think I would look at if you have the latest Parallels;
clone and backup your system and files before doing anything;
boot off 2nd hard drive and run Apple First Aid + (Disk Warrior or DG3 or TechTool Pro 5).
Always be prepared to be able to restore your system to prior point, that could even mean keeping 10.6.4 around for a month until you know 10.6.5 and 3rd party software and drivers all play nice together.
Bottom line: invest in two backup sets and methods; a copy of SuperDuper or CCC; and Disk Warrior.
I've used VBox, Fusion but not Parallels, plus Windows XP Mode, VHDs and VMs under Windows Vista/7.
I'd go back to ERASE and INSTALL and then do all your updates, then start on 3rd party with main packages first (CS5 and others). Off load, save, backup everything and anything you might need first of course.
Last but actually #1: a small 30GB OS X 10.6.5 drive volume (can take the 30GB from one of your backup drive is fine) so you can run the latest DU plus other system maintenance (DVDs get old, out of date, slow to boot, can't use Finder and other programs).

Archive and Install - how to move ahead after Leopard is in...

After a long and frustrating day installing Leopard on my MacBook Pro (five months old), I finally have it up and running but don't know how I should recover settings and documents from my archived files. As per Apple's advice, I did the archive and install without preserving settings.
Actually, documents are fairly straightforward, but what about Entourage data (emails, addresses, etc.) and Firefox settings, etc. Do I need to drag the old Applications, Librart, System, and User fils (from Previous Systems folder) into the new Finder under Leopard?
Also, will applications like Photoshop, Lightroom, etc. need to be reinstalled?
Please advise.
Thanks very much.
Regards,
Tom

I have a similar problem with Leopard's archive and install. No only did I have difficulty locating photos, music, etc. but I found that I didn't have "permission" to move them from the archive. I then with through the permission process giving myself access to everything on my Macintosh partition. (I have an iMac with both Mac Tiger and Windows XP on separate partitions). Only now I can't even get the Mac part of my computer to open at all! To be continued - - -.

Aftewr Archive and Install of Leopard - how to recover files?

After a long and frustrating day installing Leopard on my MacBook Pro (five months old), I finally have it up and running but don't know how I should recover settings and documents from my archived files. As per Apple's advice, I did the archive and install without preserving settings.
Actually, documents are fairly straightforeward, but what about Entourage data (emails, addresses, etc.)?
Also, will applications like Photoshop, Lightroom, etc. need to be reinstalled?
Please advise.
Thanks very much.
Regards,
Tom

Having left my French in high school, I googled, and then read your description. That is the "Keychains" folder. Keychain Access is the program that manages the keychains, which store all of your passwords.
There are a few places on the Mac you can look for translations. Each app will have embedded in it folders for each localization it supports. The .strings files usually hold the translations. To see inside an app, ctrl-click on the app and choose "Show Package Contents." You'll get a folder Called "Contents." Dig down into that folder and there will be a "Resources" folder. In there, will be the translation folders named with the language.lproj. You can poke around in these folders, but don't change anything or you might break stuff. I used QuickLook (select file and hit spacebar) to view the files, but any text editor will work--just ctrl-click on it and choose "Open with..."
The Finder and the Core Services of the OS are in the /System/Library/ folder. The CoreServices folder has just that, including the Finder and Dock, which are the apps that drive most of what you see. Both of those are just apps, so you can view their contents and see what localizations they have. I searched through them for "Trousseau de clefs" but could not find it. In the /System/Library folder are two other promising folders, "Resources" and "SystemFolderLocalizations." Both have .lproj folders with some translations.
Besides just googling for French localizations on Mac OS X, try reading about Localizations at the Apple Developer Connection.
As where I've learned all of this: Mostly here on these discussions and MacOSXHints and MacFixIt and The X Lab. I've also found info on personal blogs by googling for an issue along with "Mac OS X" or "Tiger" or "Leopard."

Can't "archive and install" or reinstall Snow Leopard and other problems

My laptop has been doing some funny things lately. I began noticing it mostly with video content. Especially when playing a DVD. The audio comes across as choppy. The video gets choppy. Now I have noticed that the mouse (track pad) seems jumpy. The arrow jumps across the screen when not intended to etc.
So, I thought I would do what was once called an Archive and install. I realize that Snow Leopard doesn't give that option, but it essentially does that if you choose to reinstall the OS.
This laptop is Model MacBook 2,1. It shipped with Leopard. I bout the SL upgrade and am trying to use that disc to reinstall the OS.
I get this message with a yellow triangle and exclamation point after I insert the disc and click the "install" button:
Mac OS X 10.6 cannot be installed on this computer. This disc requires that Mac OSX 10.5 or later already be installed on your computer."
I am confused because I am running 10.6.2
Any help??
Thanks.
Message was edited by: Daniel Peck

You get the message if you use the special, reduced price Leopard to Snow Leopard upgrade disc. The retail Snow Leopard disc doesn't require any OS to be preinstalled; the upgrade one requires that Leopard be installed for licensing reasons.

Archive and Install in Snow Leopard?

I'm currently running Snow Leopard, and would like to Archive and Install. While attempting to Archive and Install, I wasn't given an option, so I quit the installer before the operation went too far.
How do I perform an Archive and Install with Snow Leopard?

You seem a little confused about all this. You said you wanted to Archive & Install 10.6 to get a "mostly clean copy" of the system. That's exactly what just running the Snow Leopard installer again will do. An Archive & Install option would do that too, but (assuming it worked like the old one) it would also create a "Previous Systems" folder, move the old system to it, & deactivate it. There is no way to reactivate this archived previous system once deactivated, if that is what you were thinking -- it is just a way to preserve items that you might need to add back to the newly installed one later on, like third party extensions or a user folder if you opted not to preserve users during the A&I.
Note that you do not need to erase anything first unless you want to clean out everything, including user preferences, system settings, & anything else that might be causing the problem. This would be true even if an Archive & Install option was provided, since it doesn't clean out those things either.

Can I Archive and Install From Leopard Up-To-Date Disc?

I'm a Mac newbie, so I apologize if this is an obvious question.
I purchased my iMac this month, so I received a Leopard Up-To-Date disc for $10. The CD says Upgrade on it, and I can't find any options for what type of install I want to run. I've seen things like Erase And Install, Archive and Install, and Upgrade posted here on the forums, but the only options I have are whether or not to install things like Core Services, X11, etc. Can I not perform an Archive and Install with this disc, and if I can't, is there any chance I could request a full CD from Apple?
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You should be able to -- when you get to the screen that asks you to choose your installation destination, highlight the drive, then you will see in the lower-left an options buttion. CLick it and you will find three choices: upgrade, archive/install and upgrade install. Choose the one you want and enjoy!
Keep in mind that when you put the disk in, the system will verify that the DVD is OK -- it takes a few minutes, but it is worth knowing that the disk is not corrupt before you start. Also, repairing permissions seems to take awhile -- just let it happen.

Archive and install: Should I use original or recently installed Leopard?

My daughter is in China and her MacBook Pro powered off during a restart after installing program updates. She needs to archive and install and I need to ship her the correct disk for it. Genius Bar said to use original disk that came with her computer, but she recently upgraded to Leopard (which I didn't think to mention to them). Which should she use for doing the archive and install? Should I send her both, just in case?
Thanks for any advice.

srobs:
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
If she is running currently running Leopard she should use the Leopard install disk else she would be back to Tiger and would have to Archive and Install again to get to Leopard. Because things can go wrong during this or any major procedure she should backup/clone prior to the Archive and Install.
cornelius
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