Mac OS X archive and install?

will an archive and install preserve microsoft word docs, my folders, pictures, etc.?

I recommend that you use a program like SuperDuper or CarbonCopyCloner to do a clone of your HD and do a format/install and then migrate your data back.
This way you get a clean install instead of just installing on top of the old OS.

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Getting My Mac Book Pro in Order Post Archive and Install

Hi there,
My 17" Macbook Pro recently closed down on me, giving me three longs beeps and not starting up again. I archived and installed, for the first time ever, and was relieved when my Mac bumped back into life with all of my work and apps stashed away in 'Previous Systems'. I then embarked on going through 'Disk Utility' to create a disk image of the preserved work (I was following advice from the Mac support site) but the down load process was so slow I gave up and have resorted to sorting through the previous system manually and dragging info across into the new setup. I am completely green to this and have no idea if I am doing the right thing?
However, I also have some issues:
My spotlight search does not work, I type in a search item then get the spinning wheel, and spotlight closes down?
I want to reset my mail to just the way it was, with all my old sent and received messages. I can't even get mail to work, I get:
The server error encountered was: The server “[email protected]” cannot be contacted on port 110.
Any advice here?
I am running OSX 10.5 and I tried to do the hardware test but the computer told me it cannot be run on this computer??
Thanks in advance
James

Your profile says you have a Powerbook, and yet your question is regarding a MacBook Pro. MacBook Pros and Powerbooks are totally different machines on the inside. If the issue is with the MacBook Pro, you need the MacBook Pro installer discs to run the hardware test. If it is with a Powerbook, then you need the Powerbook installer discs. If you have the correct discs according to this, it may be your firmware installation at one point failed. That's sometimes the reason for the three long tones. Here's a guide to the tones at startup on Intel Macs (MacBook Pros):
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2538?viewlocale=en_US
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2341
And PowerPC Macs (Powerbooks):
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58442

"archive and install" button can't be clicked, already have Mac OS 10.4

i cannot start up my laptop and i see the apple logo and it doesn't go to my desktop and i would like to do a "archive and install" but the button isn't an option for me even though i have Mac OS 10.4 already installed when i bought it.
should i go through all of the disk utility and repair/verify everything and see if then i can archive and install?
and does anyone know if the archive and install saves iTunes/iPhoto files?
if anyone can help please do!!

How to Perform an Archive and Install
1. Be sure to use Disk Utility first to repair the disk before performing the Archive and Install.
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (4.0 for Tiger) and/or TechTool Pro (4.5.2 for Tiger) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
2. Do not proceed with an Archive and Install if DU reports errors it cannot fix. In that case use Disk Warrior and/or TechTool Pro to repair the hard drive. If neither can repair the drive, then you will have to erase the drive and reinstall from scratch.
3. Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When you reach the screen to select a destination drive click once on the destination drive then click on the Option button. Select the Archive and Install option. You have an option to preserve users and network preferences. Only select this option if you are sure you have no corrupted files in your user accounts. Otherwise leave this option unchecked. Click on the OK button and continue with the OS X Installation.
4. Upon completion of the Archive and Install you will have a Previous System Folder in the root directory. You should retain the PSF until you are sure you do not need to manually transfer any items from the PSF to your newly installed system.
5. After moving any items you want to keep from the PSF you should delete it. You can back it up if you prefer, but you must delete it from the hard drive.
6. You can now download a Combo Updater directly from Apple's download site to update your new system to the desired version as well as install any security or other updates. You can also do this using Software Update.

Mac OS X to Mac OS X Server Archive and Install

I bought the Tiger Server Box and need to install it onto an iMac to serve as a non-mission critical server, but there is some data on it that I would like to avoid having to backup. Can I perform an archive and install installation of Mac OS X Server over Mac OS X, while preserving all of my data and settings?

You don't need to do an archive install. You can install OSX server right on top of an existing OSX Install.
It is documented on the server install disk what to do if installing on an existing osx installation.
I installed Panther Server some time ago onto an existing Panther OS. I did not need to boot from the server install disk. I just ran an installer package.
I am sorry I can't be more specific but its been over a year since I did a server install.

Can you archive and install mac os lion

so can you?

Not exactly. If you want a fresh version of OSX, you can just install one. It will take a while on Lion, since it must be downloaded, but won't disturb anything else. See Using the Recovery HD.
Archive and Install was dropped after Leopard.

Archive and Install/Disc Utility issues -

I'm currently spending a summer abroad in South America, and have had issues with my Macbook Pro (early 2011 version) no longer starting up after some virus experiences last week. The computer hangs itself during loading on the white screen w/ grey apple and the spinning dial. In contacts with Apple Care as well as some Mac-saavy friends, the following situations have been tried:
Opening in safe mode - The loading bar (added at the bottom of the grey apple screen) loads about 1/4 of the way, disappears, and the computer hangs itself.
Opening in single user mode - I run the recommended sbin/fsck -fy command to clean up the hard drive. It comes back after having checked 6-7 parts, saying that the MacHD is in good shape, with a message following saying that something had been "modified" (forgive me for not remembering the correct verbage at present). I then run the same command again, resulting in a message that the HD is clean and without error. I then "reboot" and remain hung on the white screen w/ grey apple.
Opening in verbose mode - I reach the following lines of text, and then there is no further progress:
enable
IONetworkController::enable
createMediumTables
enable end
MacAuthEvent en0   Auth result for: 00:23:cd:1e:f2:c4 No Ack
same line as above saying "Auth timed out" at the end
Command+option+r+p - shock two or three times, (three startup chimes) and computer continues to hang itself in the normal spot.
- So, at this point I took the advice of Apple Care and a few other friends, and tracked down a "retail copy" of Mac OSX (10.6.3) in order to try to do an Archive and Install or any sort of Disc Utility via the startup disc.
Inserting the disc and holding "c" at startup results in the cd drive whirring the disc for a few moments, and then remaining hung at the same white loading screen.
Holding "option" during the startup gives me the option of loading from the HD, or the disc. Selecting the disc proceeds to whirr the cd drive, take me to the white loading screen with the grey apple, and... you guessed it... leaves the CPU hung.
My question is then, is my Macbook Pro unable to read this disc and execute Archive and Install/Disc Utility for hardware reasons as per the virus attack, or is the disc not compatible with my version of OSX (which I have since confirmed through my wife to be 10.6.6)?
Different sources have told me different things. The local AASP in Uruguay sold me what they professed to be the "latest" version of OSX - the 10.6.3, what's more for $55 dollars instead of the lower cost as available in the states (between $15-$30), so I am reluctant to go back to them for advice when they seem more inclined to cash in on my inexperience (Mac owner of less than a month) than actually fixing my issue. Apple Care told me that a standard "retail disc" should work, but I am assuming now that they believe I can snag the same version as initially came with my Macbook Pro. Should I be looking to have my wife mail my original OSX install DVDs down here to resolve this problem? Should 10.6.3-retail be working and is not for reasons I haven't identified? I have since done some online research and found mentions that doing any sort of HD partitioning or OSX reinstalls can only be accomplished by utilizing a disc of an equal or more recent version of the OSX (examples that 10.4 can't work on a notebook preinstalled with 10.5, etc). Does this translate to 10.6.3 not being able to function for my 10.6.6 MBP?
Any insight or thoughts would be much appreciated, as essentially all of my schoolwork and assignments are now trapped on an inaccessible HD. Thank you for your time.
- Joseph

I tried adding in a bunch of information about what your troubleshooting steps meant, but the server went into maintenance while I did. So, here it is again:
"Opening in safe mode - The loading bar (added at the bottom of the grey apple screen) loads about 1/4 of the way, disappears, and the computer hangs itself."
     This is FSCK running, and gives you an indication of it's progress.
"MacAuthEvent en0   Auth result for: 00:23:cd:1e:f2:c4 No Ack"
     This is either a failed DHCP request or ARP request.
"Command+option+r+p"
     Command+Option+P+R - Resets PRAM. That's why p+r.
"Inserting the disc and holding "c" at startup results in the cd drive whirring the disc for a few moments, and then remaining hung at the same white loading screen."
     This problem indicates that the disc is too old to boot your system. The reason for why this disc cannot boot is because it doesn't contain the necessary drivers for your model MacBook Pro. My mom and brother have similar models, and my brother had similar issues while in Japan. He went and got an install disc as well, which failed, I ended up stepping him through so that it would boot in Safe Mode, and then got it working in Normal Mode remotely.
FYI: Sophos has a free Mac Antivirus program, that is very processing friendly, and will scan in the background. You may wish to consider it as an alternative to Avast! if it continues giving you problems. Though I suspect it may be coincidence that your computer had problems shortly after Avast! cleaned up files. Let me know how it goes. You may wish to open up Disk Utility and check your S.M.A.R.T. Status. You want to make sure it says "Verified" If it doesn't say "Verified" then you have a problem.
-Phill

"The application Safari has unexpectedly quit." / "Archive and Install"

...The system and other applications have not been affected.
Would you like to submit a bug report to Apple?
I was working on my eMac last night when all of a sudden Safari shut down. I tried to open it again and I kept getting the above error message.
At first, I thought this was no big deal, as I just downloaded Mozilla Firefox. However, it seems that whatever error caused this corruption in Safari has also affected my MSN Messenger, and a few other internet related Apps.
I don't know if any of you have come across this problem before, but it would be greatly appreciated if you could email me your suggestions to fixing this problem.
I called Apple support, and the lady suggest looking for a way to "archive and install preserving" so that I don't lose any of my important files. I'm sure that this might fix my problem as well.
Please let me know if you have a solution for me!!
Eric.

Eric Jackson Wood,
Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
Doing an Archive and Install because Safari unexpectedly quit is roughly akin to using several sticks of dynamite to take out a housefly in the kitchen. How much RAM does your Mac have, and how long had Safari been running continuously before the quit? Safari does have a known memory leak problem (the Safari 3 beta may have fixed that; too soon to tell for sure); if you have a minimal amount of RAM (256 MB or less), run multiple applications simultaneously, and leave Safari running for several hours, you can expect Safari to bog down. If you then try to load some types of web page constructs, the unexpectedly quit message isn't quite so unexpected. (Quitting and relaunching Safari every few hours is a viable workaround; in sever cases you may need to restart the computer as well.)
How were other Internet apps affected? Slowdowns, unable to connect, unable to find sites, or what? What version of MSN Messenger are you using? (MSN Messenger isn't known for being overly robust in the first place.) If a number of online utilities all begin to act strange at the same time, my first suspect would be the local network and the ISP. Is the problem still persistent after restarting the computer and after several hours (to allow the ISP to fix any glitches on their end)?
If Safari continues to misbehave, launch Safari and before going to any website, try going to the Safari menu and select the commands to reset Safari and clear cache, then restart Safari and see it that helps. If you have Safari set to open going to a homepage rather than opening a blank page, first move /Users/ [your_username]/ Library/ Preferences/ com.apple.Safari.plist to the Desktop before launching Safari to reset it and clear its caches. If Safari then works, you can quit it and try moving you previous preferences back; if Safari begins acting up again, trash the old preferences and re-enter your desired settings in a newly-created preferences file.

Syncing two iPhones with one iTunes account, archive and install

I had a blue screen and had to archive and install.
I re-synched my iPhone and at that time put my iPhone contacts in my address book with
my group name, that I just created. I created a group for her and now want to re-synch her iPhone
with my computer and with my iTunes account, like before. I get a message that the info on that her iPhone is synched with another user account. A choice to merge info from this user account or replace info from this user account. I want to make sure that her contacts go into the address book, under
her group. I don't want to lose her her contacts on the phone, when I re-synch her iphone.

I want to make sure that her contacts go into the address book, under her group. I don't want to lose her her contacts on the phone, when I re-synch her iphone.
You should select the Merge option. If you don't, the existing contact information in the Address Book on your Mac will replace all contact info in her iPhone's address book.

Finder crashes, won't let me archive and install

I'm at a complete loss. After installing the latest update to MacOS X, everything is messed up. And it seems unfixable. The finder won't stay open, no matter what user your under, though I can still open everything from the dock. I've tried:
1. Creating a new user.
2. Running disk utility, doesn't work.
3. Repairing permissions, works, but doesn't fix problem.
4. Running Norton Utilities, doesn't work.
5. Archiving and Installing, which brings up an error that tells you to try again.
6. Archiving and installing, without keeping the user file and network settings in tact.
7. Random other stuff I can't recall (such as some terminal stuff), but didn't work.
Is my only option to try to back this stuff up and reinstall? Do you think that will even work? My mother has a copy of disk warrior that she would have to send me. That's something else I could try, but I'm not sure if it would be worth it. Also, I can still boot up in OS 9.
Crash report:
Host Name: john-breslins-powerbook-g4-15
Date/Time: 2006-04-07 18:38:47.168 -0600
OS Version: 10.4.6 (Build 8I127)
Report Version: 4
Command: Finder
Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder
Parent: WindowServer [56]
Version: 10.4.4 (10.4.4)
Build Version: 1
Project Name: Finder_FE
Source Version: 5292100
PID: 1226
Thread: 2
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNINVALIDADDRESS (0x0001) at 0xa286a90c
Thread 0:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002c128 semaphorewait_signaltrap + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90001990 pthreadmutexlock + 472
2 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x9289723c GetRootNode + 44
3 com.apple.finder 0x0001a1ac 0x1000 + 102828
4 com.apple.finder 0x00015c28 0x1000 + 85032
5 com.apple.finder 0x00019d2c 0x1000 + 101676
6 com.apple.finder 0x00013d84 0x1000 + 77188
7 com.apple.finder 0x0001afa8 0x1000 + 106408
8 com.apple.finder 0x0001aeb0 0x1000 + 106160
9 com.apple.finder 0x0001ad44 0x1000 + 105796
10 com.apple.finder 0x000168ac 0x1000 + 88236
11 com.apple.finder 0x00016514 0x1000 + 87316
12 com.apple.finder 0x00014980 0x1000 + 80256
13 com.apple.finder 0x0000a8f8 0x1000 + 39160
14 com.apple.finder 0x0000a67c 0x1000 + 38524
15 com.apple.finder 0x0000a460 0x1000 + 37984
16 com.apple.finder 0x000069c0 0x1000 + 22976
17 com.apple.finder 0x0000313c 0x1000 + 8508
18 com.apple.finder 0x00002d54 0x1000 + 7508
19 com.apple.finder 0x000a97d0 0x1000 + 690128
Thread 1:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002edcc kevent + 12
1 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x9288a2b0 TFSNotificationTask::FSNotificationTaskProc(void*) + 56
2 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90bc9260 PrivateMPEntryPoint + 76
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002ba68 pthreadbody + 96
Thread 2 Crashed:
0 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x928a70bc TNode::SetTimerToHandleSyncRequest(TNode*, double) + 52
1 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x928a706c TNode::SyncRequestedTestAndSet(double) + 92
2 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x9288aa48 TNodeSyncTask::SyncTaskProc(void*) + 400
3 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90bc9260 PrivateMPEntryPoint + 76
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002ba68 pthreadbody + 96
Thread 3:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002c128 semaphorewait_signaltrap + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90001990 pthreadmutexlock + 472
2 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x92895c3c THFSPlusPropertyStore::Open(bool) const + 440
3 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x928959a4 THFSPlusPropertyStore::CreateUniqueNameList() + 72
4 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x92894b24 TNode::ScavengeProperties() + 76
5 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x92893cb0 TNodeOpenSyncTask::OpenSyncTaskProc(void*) + 228
6 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90bc9260 PrivateMPEntryPoint + 76
7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002ba68 pthreadbody + 96
Thread 2 crashed with PPC Thread State 64:
srr0: 0x00000000928a70bc srr1: 0x000000000000f030 vrsave: 0x0000000000000000
cr: 0x42000222 xer: 0x0000000020000007 lr: 0x00000000928a7094 ctr: 0x0000000090001348
r0: 0x0000000000000000 r1: 0x00000000f0101980 r2: 0x00000000a286a8c0 r3: 0x0000000000653490
r4: 0x0000000000000000 r5: 0x0000000000000000 r6: 0x00000000ffffffff r7: 0x0000000044370617
r8: 0x000000000001952e r9: 0x0000000000000000 r10: 0x0000000043300000 r11: 0x00000000a2887648
r12: 0x0000000090001348 r13: 0x0000000000000000 r14: 0x0000000000000000 r15: 0x00000000928a7094
r16: 0x0000000000000000 r17: 0x0000000000000000 r18: 0x0000000000000000 r19: 0x0000000000000000
r20: 0x0000000000000000 r21: 0x00000000f0101ad0 r22: 0x0000000000100003 r23: 0x000000000061ea20
r24: 0x00000000a288a8c0 r25: 0x0000000000000000 r26: 0x0000000000000000 r27: 0x000000000181b800
r28: 0x0000000000000000 r29: 0x0000000000653490 r30: 0x0000000000000000 r31: 0x000000009288a8c0
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Hi johnink, Welcome to Apple Discussions.
4. Running Norton Utilities, doesn't work.
This is probably the source of your problem. First of all get rid of Norton, use it for a coaster or a frisbee but not on your Mac! Do not let Norton near your X system, it will hose it!
Norton Disk Doctor is not compatible with OS X 10.4 Tiger. Symantec ceased development of Norton Utilities for Macintosh and Norton SystemWorks for Macintosh 2 years ago. But it has been ruining systems since the intro of X.
You should create a complete backup of your files and erase & re-install the OS.
-mj
[email protected]
iMac G4 17 FP 800 MHz 768MB Mac OS X (10.4.6) 2 X LaCie d2's APC-UPS / iMac 333MHz 256MB 10.3.9

After "Archive and Install", my printer no longer works

Powerbook 1.67 GHz PowerPC G4
Mac OS X Version 10.4.11
I recently had some issue with my password, so the Apple Genius people ran an archive and install, reset the user password, and got me back to my original state. However, I've had to run all these updates now, and can't figure out how to get the printer to work again. It worked perfectly fine before the archive and install, it was recognized right away.
I have tried the following:
I uninstalled and then reinstalled the printer software (Epson Stylus CX6000) from the installer CD. Didn't work. Unplugged and turned off power, then re-plugged and restarted everything. Didn't work. I have no idea what to do here. I downloaded any new updates to the software from the Epson website. Didn't work. Help?

If the correct printer driver is missing, and the Print selection
box says Any Printer, it may be unable to use that one.
See if the printer can be used in a different user account.
Sometimes if the system is messed up (even pros do it)
there may be a way to see if the issue is system wide or
if it is based in a problem in the admin user account.
Some optional printer drivers may be available at the printer
manufacturer's web site for downloads. Sometimes there is
a newer one for the entire class of printer models, and so
it may be for yours. Or there is GimpPrint/GutenPrint for
other drivers; their web page shows supported printers.
{Since you state that you've tried other driver options, then
you may have to consider doing a new 'archive & install'
and be sure everything is done right, and then update it.
Or an all new installation on a wiped empty hard drive.}
There should be a printer error log accessible through Console
and perhaps it may shed some light on the basic problem...
PS: Is this printer an Ethernet and USB printer? If so, have
you tried whatever other connection/cable to see if it works
when running on the other available protocol? The Ethernet
printer would use an IP address or hardware MAC address
and the appropriate cable, if the printer supports both.
Good luck & happy computing!
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A question about archive and install

Recently my system crashed due to a faulty OS instal.
So, I hauled my G4 to the mac store and they resoved the problem for me and told me to do a archive and instal, and even gave me instructions.
Everything was going fine untill it came the time to choose which directory to install to... I clicked on my hard drive and a dialouge box popped up saying that it couldn't install older versions of the files over newer versions....
So now I've hit a dead end.
How can I continue the install?

WanderingAimlessly:
Do you currently have a functioniing OS on your HDD?
Do you have your computer backed up?
If your answers are "no" to the first question and "yes" to the second, I suggest you go a completer reformat, zero all data and install.
Post back with your responses, and we will decide where to go from there.
Good luck.
cornelius

Recovery of lost printers after Archive and Install

Hi,
I just finished an Archive and Install of Leopard, and I discovered that one of the side-effects of doing this is that my printers are all gone. I sort of expected this, and I have a full system backup of the system I rebuilt, so if all else fails, I can boot off the backup, and print or take notes on the printer settings, and then go back to my active installation of Leopard and re-enter them all. But I'm wondering if there's an easier way. Would anyone know if all of the printer info might be contained in a few discrete sections of the "Previous System" folder that I could just drag into the current system folder to get all of my printers back? I do consulting work at a number of companies, so I have about ten printers that I routinely print to, so it's a bit of a bother to rebuild the list by hand.
Thanks,
Ken

Usually, when no additional printer software had been installed into the Mac
(assuming the printers are among the many supported printers already in it)
all you'd have to do in order to use one of those attached or available printers
would be to have them turned on and attached to the computer or the network
they'd normally be accessed through. Unless they require newer driver software.
At times, the choices of available printers would appear in the print setup in an
open application; at others, you may have to go into the setup utility to see if
the printers could be added to the list - pulling drivers from the installed OS X
and putting them into a position to be used, if compatible with the printers there.
The system's installer and updated files available to it include many drivers,
and these are not all turned on by default.
So, if there is no chance of the printers being recognized by the OS X version
you have (assuming archive & install and update) even after being given any
new drivers available through Software Update, you may have to seek out the
latest drivers from the printer manufacturers web site downloads pages.
There may be some other way to make the printers work through the OS; if
they otherwise should appear and be available. Some of the printer setups
& CUPS printing options or settings should be explored if they haven't been.
Although I don't have OS X 10.5.x running in my computers now, I have tried
it and decided to stay awhile longer in 10.4.11; some of the same kinds of
issues can occur, between these slightly different systems. You may be able
to re-use the printer drivers from the Previous System, unless their installer
had an instruction set to put various parts for the printer software in different
locations, in which case, the drag-n-drop may not be suitable to reinstall them.
Hopefully someone with more restore experience (short of manually reinstalling
drivers, if these are not already a part of the OSX and its 10.5 install/updates)
will contribute a bit more and direct you as per the specific demands of Leopard.
PS:
When you get your system back in order, you may wish to consider making a
full computer drive clone on an externally enclosed FireWire drive unit capable
of booting Mac OS X and running your PPC-based Mac (and also Intel-based)
so that unit may be something in the way of a FW400/800 + USB2.0 drive with
its own AC power adapter. OWC sells a mercury drive enclosure with HDD in it.
That may be a way to avoid doing Archive & Installs + updates; just restore from
a full drive clone and be on your way. And do other backups if needed, too.
Good luck & happy computing!
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SuperDrive - Archive and Install/Repair Disk/Permissions Unavailable

Was told by an Apple "Genius" that an Archive and Install would fix the problem I am having with my MBA (shuts down while booting after performing the 10.5.4 update), but that it would take at "least a day or two" for them to fix it so I took it home.
Tried booting to the MBA System Discs and a Leopard disk from the Superdrive, and with both clicking the "Options" button before the install, which on every other Mac displays the "Erase and Install" and "Archive and Install" options, the MBA goes straight to "How would you like to format your drive, Extended or Ext. Journaled" and that is all. The other options do not even appear even though there is at least 40gb available on the drive.
Tried running the DiskUtility from both discs and they only let me Verify Disk and Verify Permissions, both Repairs are greyed out. Both verifications fail without the ability to repair.
I purchased the SD for exactly such a situation thinking it would be easier though it seems that it is for convenience only and of no other actual assistance.
I haven't checked out the Remote Disc though I would not at all be surprised that these features (Archive/Repair) are only accessible through it. Can't wait to try it through my B network.
Anyone know if anything like this is normally possible through the SuperDrive?
Verify Disk reports:
Invalid Node structure
Volume Check failed
Verify Failed
And while typing this, the drive is no longer mountable and reports, "Try running First Aid on it".... how lovely.
Well, I would like to know, at least, if anyone else has experienced any similar problems. Erase and Install is the last thing I want to do, but if that doesn't work than I'm taking it back in. Sounds like the drive itself is damaged.
Message was edited by: Mikey U.

Have you tried booting from single user mode and running a fsck command?

Archive and Install OS X Tiger 10.4.11

I put my OS X install DVD that came with my iMac two years ago in to run the hardware test. After, I restarted holding down the "C" key as the DVD said to start from Mac OS X (I now realize that it meant to restart from the installer). I selected "Archive and Install", not wanting to lose my 500 songs and $1000 CDN in software. All went well until it asked for disc two. When it finished installing from that disc, it said that there were errors and to try again, so I tried again with the installer logs open. Those told me that the only errors were that various iLife and iWorks applications could not install because newer versions exist already. As of now, I have tried this three more times with the same result. Are there any options to continue with this "Archive and Install", or is there a way to back up some of the files by connecting to another computer and go back to "Erase and Install"?

Hi Alex, and Welcome to the Discussions!
You can back up that HD using another Mac and FireWire target disk mode...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583
You can sometimes get past a borked install by reducing Printer Drivers, Languages, APPs, so you can at least boot up.
Did you use Disk Utility on the Installer to Repair the HD yet?

Finder not responding after Archive and install

I recently encountered my first problem ever with my mac(new in '05) This is the first mac I have owned; I have worked on G3's and G4's in the past. After reading through many message boards and support pages I don't believe my problem to be similar but different to previous posts.
My problem started off with an OS problem that I was able to diagnose in the "help" book I purchased when Leopard came out. It said I should Archive and Install to remedy the problem and keep my files. I ran the archive the install (it gave me no options to preserve user or network settings). After Archive and install my computer started up alright, but I got the permanent beachball and the finder does not work. it is constantly non responsive. I can relaunch finder, but after it restarts it goes non responsive immediately once again. So I can't actually access my "previous system" folder to move anything over. I checked my dock items and finder, they opened, but my itunes asked for an update. I list of update items came up; I did the non-restart items first. they updated fine, (my itunes old itunes playlists are viewable but not playable now) then I did the items that required a restart. That is when I found out that I could not shut down or restart my computer with std. procedures.
Currently I can only access my spotlight or apple pull down menu if I am in a functioning dock program (safari or itunes, quicktime. etc.) after reading some more support pages it looked like the common thing to do was check permissions and verify disk. I did, I repaired two permissions and the disk was OK. I did look at the HD files, they were as I remembered, but unaccessible (greyed out) and the "previous system" folder was present. +It didn't look like I would expect. The HD looked same as it used to just with a previous system folder.+ After checking the permissions and verified the disk I tried a hard restart. It came back the same as before, unresponsive finder and only the few dock items worked along with spotlight. I checked permissions and disk verify again and everything was OK.
Sorry to be long winded I am trying to be thorough...In short, My finder does not work after doing an Archive and Install to fix my original problem (which has been fixed)...the remedy for an unresponsive finder is to do an archive and install. Is another archive and install really going to fix my problem? Can I archive and install OSX 10.4 and work my way back up to 10.5.6?
Secondly is there a way to restart my computer without doing another hard restart?

It won't let me add a new account. I am locked out and when I try to unlock it gives me the beachball and becomes non responsive after it tries to authenticate.
I looked at the log file, I am not sure what exactly to look for. I am no programer. I see an awful lot of negative wording. I see some errors like "error (-4956) locating menu extra but they are mostly under system preferences...I see some stuff in the loginwindow that says is not a full path... Otherwise, the only reference I see to the finder is when I have force quit the finder.
2/8/09 8:59:55 PM com.apple.launchd[114] ([0x0-0x4d04d].com.apple.finder[304]) Exited: Terminated
2/8/09 11:10:17 PM com.apple.launchd[114] ([0x0-0x57057].com.apple.finder[321]) Exited: Terminated

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