Reusing Installation Discs and Upgrade Questions

Is it possible, or even legal, to use the Snow Leopard installation disc that came with my 15 inch Macbook Pro to install the OS onto my 20 inch iMac core 2 duo (its OS is Tiger)?
I have been wanting to update the OS on my desktop for a while and would rather not have to buy another disc when one came with my new laptop.
My other question is when I do go through with upgrading the OS on my desktop, will there be any type of data loss or stability issues?
I've never upgraded the OS on any of my computers before, having to replace a dying computer usually happens long before I need to upgrade the OS.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Echoing captfred WRT backups:
Get a bootable, external HD (preferably FireWire, since it's 40-50% faster than USB 2 and designed for data transfers), make a bootable backup/clone before updating/upgrading, and ensure that it's bootable and works like the original. That allows you to revert to the previous good state without having to reinstall or reset anything. See these for details:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106941
http://www.macmaps.com/upgradefaq.html
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/installswupdates.html
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/backuprecovery.html

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Hi there! could yuo please be so kind and help with a problem which is; my HD disck in my Mac desktop needs to be repaired. after trying to verufy the disc it is asking me to start the computer with another disc which is Mac OS X installation disc and th

hi there!
the disk in my Mac desktop need repairing.
the Disc Utility is asking me to start the computer by running the Mac OS X TIGER installation disc and then repair the disc.
my question is;
by running the disc MAC OS X TIGER in order to repair it do i run the risk of downgrading the actual operating system of Lion to Tiger (which is 5 years old)?
thanking you in anticipation.
Kolindo.

Kolindo wrote:
the computer was bought 5 years ago so i have only one disc which is Tiger.
the lion was bought on line 4 months ago so i have no disc.
so it meas that i will be downgrading 5 years back if go ahead and do it?
No, don't do that. As Dave said, if you're running Lion, use the Recovery HD (partition, actually) that should be on your internal HD already. See Using the Recovery HD for details.

TS3003 Installed QuickTime7 from Snow Leopard installation disc and still can't view videos on iPhoto. A box appeared saying "you have installed Mac OS X software older than your current version of Mac OS X and may not work properly." Now what?

Installed QuickTime7 from Snow Leopard 10.6.8 installation disc and still can't view videos on iPhoto. A box appeared saying "you have installed Mac OS X software older than your current version of Mac OS X and may not work properly." Now what?

Download and install the latest QuickTime Player for Snow Leopard > http://support.apple.com/kb/DL923

How do I do this: "This disk needs to be repaired. Start up your computer with another disk (such as your Mac OS X installation disc), and then use Disk Utility to repair this disk?"

"This disk needs to be repaired. Start up your computer with another disk (such as your Mac OS X installation disc), and then use Disk Utility to repair this disk."

Stick the disk in, reboot holding c.
Disk Utility is a menu option about the 2 or 3rd screen in the installer. (don't install OS X!)
Because your booted form the installer disk, you can repair the disk.
Quit and exit the installer and reboot.
If your drive is not repaired, make a note of all what it says, for Apple to use.
Reboot and get your files off to a external drive,
Take the note and your comptuer to Apple for a warranty/Apple care call, they will replace the drive.

I have forgotten my password and misplaced my Installation disc and need to reset password, help please! btw are the intsallation disc unique to each computer or could i borrow a friends?

I have forgotten my password and misplaced my Installation disc and need to reset password, help please! btw are the intsallation disc unique to each computer or could i borrow a friends?

Call Apple to get replacement DVDs > http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57

??? about optical drive, installation discs and display in "new" refurb MB

Yesterday I received the "new" refurbished MB 2.0 1GB RAM 120GB HD (black) bought for my wife a week ago through the Apple website.
(I have a new MBP with a glossy display since January and it has so far been w/o problems.)
As soon as I set up the MB, I noticed the following three issues. Perhaps someone can comment and propose solutions where appropriate.
I did set myself up as the Administrator on the MB and arranged for fast user switching (I am the only user on my MBP). I downloaded all the updates onto the new MB (it came with 10.4.8 preloaded).
Here are the issues/questions (going from minor to major):
1. the optical drive slot of the MB shows a lot more resistance than the one on the MBP. When I pushed in the first DVD I was actually afraid of breaking something. The first time I tried to eject it it would not come out, instead it reloaded again after the initial attempt to eject the DVD. Subsequent attempts to insert a DVD were met with equal resistance, but the ejection was smoother. Should I be worried about this apparent higher resistance to disc insertion than in the MBP or is this expected?
2. my MBP came with two installation DVDs, one labeled "MBP installation disc 1" and the other "installation disc 2". The MB came with two DVDs, one labeled "MB installation disc 1" and the other as "Mac installation disc 1" (yes, both are "disc 1"). Shouldn't there be a "MB installation disc 2" instead of the latter one?
3. this is bothering me the most: the display of the MB is horrible, the colors are faded and the whole screen is bluish. The best and closest (but still not normal) appearance the display has when the MB lid is open as wide as possible and I look at it almost from below (a view 45 degrees from below makes the text of web pages legible, though the gray brushed metal-appearance of Safari, for example, still looks light blue rather than gray). I did check postings on this forum and found that the color settings can be changed in display preferences, and that something called "color LCD" is probably the preferred setting for a MB. Interestingly, my MBP is set to this setting and has a total of 6-7 different settings to choose from. However, the MB does not have this setting ("color LCD") and has only 3 different settings, though both MBP and MB are now 10.4.10. Needless to say, my glossy MBP display looks fantastic. How do I get the MB to look that way too? Can I download this "color LCD" setting from somewhere? (BTW, I did notice on in-store MBs, particularly in non-Apple stores such as CompUSA, in the past this issue with faded colors and a bluish discoloration, some of them even worse then this "new" refurbished MB. I was in the local Apple store yesterday evening for an unrelated issue and looked briefly at the newest black MBs, their colors are somewhat more faded and bluish than my MBP, but not like our new MB).
I'm at work now, so if anyone has ideas or specific additional questions, I'll be able to address them tomorrow.
Please keep in mind, I'm no computer wiz and have some experience with a Mac only since January.
Thanks for any suggestions you might have.
Message was edited by: tutlek

tutlek wrote:
3. this is bothering me the most: the display of the MB is horrible, the colors are faded and the whole screen is bluish. The best and closest (but still not normal) appearance the display has when the MB lid is open as wide as possible and I look at it almost from below (a view 45 degrees from below makes the text of web pages legible, though the gray brushed metal-appearance of Safari, for example, still looks light blue rather than gray). I did check postings on this forum and found that the color settings can be changed in display preferences, and that something called "color LCD" is probably the preferred setting for a MB. Interestingly, my MBP is set to this setting and has a total of 6-7 different settings to choose from. However, the MB does not have this setting ("color LCD") and has only 3 different settings, though both MBP and MB are now 10.4.10. Needless to say, my glossy MBP display looks fantastic. How do I get the MB to look that way too? Can I download this "color LCD" setting from somewhere? (BTW, I did notice on in-store MBs, particularly in non-Apple stores such as CompUSA, in the past this issue with faded colors and a bluish discoloration, some of them even worse then this "new" refurbished MB. I was in the local Apple store yesterday evening for an unrelated issue and looked briefly at the newest black MBs, their colors are somewhat more faded and bluish than my MBP, but not like our new MB).
Have you tried calibrating the monitor in System Preferences>Display>Color?
I had a similar problem to this when I bought my MacBook (too blue) and I calibrated it (using the "Expert Mode").
After that, it was fine.

Where can i get a windows 7 installation disc, and how much would it cost.

I need to know where i can get this installation disc, could somebody send me a link to like amazon where i could buy the disc. Please help me out.

If you have some Windows experience, you could get the Windows 8 Customer Preview which will last until next January. It is free. Possibly Windows 7 will cost less after 8 is available
at cost (like an old iPad?).
There is also a User guide here
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/consumer-preview
The consumer preview download here is only if you already have Windows but you can get ISO below.
Write down the product key which is needed at install time and select language, 32 or 64 Bit.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/iso
In Mac, you need to run Boot Camp to create Windows space before install from ISO at boot.

"Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Start up your computer with another disk (such as your Mac OS X installation disc), and then use Disk Utility to repair this disk."

I'm running Lion on a 15" 500gb Spring 2011 MBP. Ran Disk Utility and got this message. Since I don't have an install disk for Lion, what do I do? Thanks!
P.S. I searched the database and all questions with this were pre-Lion.

Restart your Mac and press command R.
This brings up the invisible Rescue/Install partition placed on your drive when Lion was installed.
Alternatively, you can hold down the Option Key at Startup and choose "Recovery HD".
In either case, proceed as if you had booted from a DVD, answer only the "What Language" question, but do NOT Install. Wait for the MenuBar to be drawn and choose Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.

Installation and upgrade questions.

I posted this in Photoshop and got no response so i am re-posting it here. (thanks)
My daughter has photoshop cs4 via one of the suites (design premium).
It was originally installed on her old computer as a 32 bit version.
She now has a 64 bit machine. I drive imaged the old drive to the new machine and did all the hardware drivers, and it is working perfectly.
It is vista home premium.
How can she upgrade to the 64 bit version of photoshop without breaking her installation or loosing any of her work?
If I upgrade her OS to windows 7 Pro (x64), will that be a problem?
I have downloaded the master suite trial instalation files onto my drive. My goal is to create an installation dvd set and use it to install trial versions of the various products on a couple of different machines. The entire folder structure is over 8 gig, So i need two DVDs.
How do i split the resulting un compressed master suite installation folders to two dvds so that it functions as an install dvd?
If my son ends up buying just one product (say dreamweaver), Can he unlock the copy of dreamweaver that was installed via the master suite install dvd? or does he have to uninstall the master suite copy and re-install the dreamweaver cs4 download?
If the trial expires, can he unlock it at some point later if he purchases a key?
Does each product within the master suite have its own trial expiration date based on when that particular product was installed? or once you install one product from the master suite install dvd, the date is set for all products?
Thanks
Jerry C

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My daughter has photoshop cs4 via one of the suites (design premium).
It was originally installed on her old computer as a 32 bit version.
She now has a 64 bit machine. I drive imaged the old drive to the new machine and did all the hardware drivers, and it is working perfectly.
It is vista home premium.
How can she upgrade to the 64 bit version of photoshop without breaking her installation or loosing any of her work?
If I upgrade her OS to windows 7 Pro (x64), will that be a problem?
Cannot answer you definitely about installing 64 bit Photoshop but I suggest inserting the DVD and installing Photoshop only. The DVD should pick up that you're on a 64 bit OS and offer you 64 bit Photoshop.
I suggest clean installing Windows 7, rather than upgrade installing. That would mean reinstalling all software and drivers but it's the most reliable method in my experience.
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I have downloaded the master suite trial instalation files onto my drive. My goal is to create an installation dvd set and use it to install trial versions of the various products on a couple of different machines. The entire folder structure is over 8 gig, So i need two DVDs.
How do i split the resulting un compressed master suite installation folders to two dvds so that it functions as an install dvd?
If my son ends up buying just one product (say dreamweaver), Can he unlock the copy of dreamweaver that was installed via the master suite install dvd? or does he have to uninstall the master suite copy and re-install the dreamweaver cs4 download?
If the trial expires, can he unlock it at some point later if he purchases a key?
Does each product within the master suite have its own trial expiration date based on when that particular product was installed? or once you install one product from the master suite install dvd, the date is set for all products?
Thanks
Jerry C
I suspect you'll struggle to split Suites to install individual products on various machines (if that's what you mean). Suites are far more than a simple collection of the individual software titles. They're tightly integrated, must be installed on the same machine together and are all tied to a single suite serial number which is unrelated to the individual product serial numbers. I believe the downloaded Suite file has to be installed as one.
I don't know of a way to burn the downloaded file across 2 DVDs.
If your son only purchases Dreamweaver, he'll have to uninstall the Master Suite and re-install the DW download.
If the trial expires, it'll keep showing a Trial has expired screen and you cannot go further. Once you enter a valid serial number, it'll launch normally.
My understanding of the Suites is that all products are integrated. Once the trial version of a single product in the suite is launched, my understanding is that the clock starts ticking for all products in the suite. That said, I have not tried launching individual products in the Trial versions more than 30 days apart.

System copy and upgrade questions

dear gurus
i have one production box
R/3 version 4.6c
kernel 4.6D sp 1913
DB version Oracle 8.1.7.4.0
OS version Solaris 9
1st QUESTION
if i want to do system copy to new box
with
R/3 version 4.6c
kernel 4.6D sp 1913
DB version Oracle 8.1.7.4.0
OS version Solaris 10 (changed from solaris 9 to 10)
do i need to do homogenous system copy or heterogenous ?
is there any issues between 4.6c and solaris 10 ?
2nd question
if 1st question above is not possible, I want to do homogenous system copy with
R/3 version 4.6c
kernel 4.6D sp 1913
DB version Oracle 8.1.7.4.0
OS version Solaris 9
after that i will upgrade Oracle to 10 and SAP to ECC 6, is it possible to use ECC6 and Solaris 9 ? or do I need to upgrade to Solaris 10 ?
thanks

Hi AC thanks for your reply, anyway from other forum I got the answer already. please see quote below
but anyway i have another plan b that I need to ask.. just in case the new box is installed with Solaris 10
can you please let me know what is the best approach to do the upgrade, please if possible follow my approach in quote below
i have one production box
R/3 version 4.6c 64-bit
kernel 4.6D sp 1913
DB version Oracle 8.1.7.4.0 64-bit
OS version Solaris 9 64-bit
activities in new box
install Solaris 9 64-bit + patches
install Oracle 8.1.7.4.0 64-bit + patches
install R/3 version 4.6c 64-bit (with DB Load from dump from system copy, there is another option to move data file only)
update kernel to latest 4.6d before installing DB instance
upgrade Oracle 2 steps two Oracle 10 + patches
update kernel to 4.6dEX2 (in order to run with Oracle 10)
start SAP
upgrade to ECC6 sr2 + patches (sr2 because we dont want unicode, sr3 installation must be unicode)

Flash Player MSI Installation, Uninstallation and Upgrade Issues

Hello,
I'd like to request help regarding Adobe Flash Player. We are having issues when we push out upgrades via SCCM. On a number of our computers, we are getting multiple versions of Flash player installed. It seems like instead of upgrading the current version, Flash player is just installing new copies every time we push out a new version. This creates security vulnerabilities for us and also seems to corrupt the newest installation. For example, we will have to log onto a computer, uninstall all the previous versions and then reinstall the newest version to get it to work again. Our helpdesk is also getting errors on some systems when they try to uninstall the flash versions before doing a clean install.
OS Version: Windows 7 x64 SP1
Web Browser: IE9, 10 and 11
Flash Player version: 16.0.0.xxx
SCCM Install String: "msiexec /i {product code} /q"
Any help preventing this would be appreciated.
Screenshot below. This only has a couple of the NPAPI versions, but this same thing happens with the ActiveX and NPAPI (we have both installed)

i also unistaled this multi time but cant g
et the prob to resolve

I have tried to repair my disk and this is the message I get: "Start up your computer with another disk (such as your Mac OS X installation disc), and then use disk Utility to repair" How do I correctly perform this action?

I have a boot disk that needs repair and I would like to know the correct way to repair this disk using another install disc. I guess there is an issue with the volume free block count.
Please advise.
Thanks.

Insert/connect that disk if needed, start up with the Option key held down, tab to it, and press Enter. If it's a Mac OS X install DVD, choose Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. If it's a different Mac OS X installation, open the Disk Utility in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder. Repair the drive.
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Transferring using AOL and Upgrade Question

I've done some research and saw that I will need to do an AOL to move to my wife's family plan but I had a question about upgrading. Right now I am eligible for the NE2 but my question is if I decide not to use it (because Droid 3 BOGO would be cheaper) would I still be eligible for an upgrade? Since she has an NE2 option right now too wouldn't it be smart for me to go on her plan and get two Droid 3's for 149.99? I just wouldn't want to move over to her line and lose my upgrade.
Also, since someone else is on my plan currently would they just get put on an individual account?
I'm sure this is somewhere but I wanted to ask because I could no find it! Thank you!

If you want to take advantage of the BOGO offer, you'll want to do the AoL first, as you've described.
When you do the AoL, you will lose your New Every 2 credit, but your line will still be eligible for an upgrade, the contract end date will not change.
I think the BOGO will definitely give you a better value than using your NE2 credit, I say go for it!

Instalation and upgrade questions.

My daughter has photoshop cs4 via one of the suites (design premium).
It was originally installed on her old computer as a 32 bit version.
She now has a 64 bit machine. I drive imaged the old drive to the new machine and did all the hardware drivers, and it is working perfectly.
It is vista home premium.
How can she upgrade to the 64 bit version of photoshop without breaking her installation or loosing any of her work?
If I upgrade her OS to windows 7 Pro (x64), will that be a problem?
I have downloaded the master suite trial instalation files onto my drive. My goal is to create an installation dvd set and use it to install trial versions of the various products on a couple of different machines. The entire folder structure is over 8 gig, So i need two DVDs.
How do i split the resulting un compressed master suite installation folders to two dvds so that it functions as an install dvd?
If my son ends up buying just one product (say dreamweaver), Can he unlock the copy of dreamweaver that was installed via the master suite install dvd? or does he have to uninstall the master suite copy and re-install the dreamweaver cs4 download?
If the trial expires, can he unlock it at some point later if he purchases a key?
Does each product within the master suite have its own trial expiration date based on when that particular product was installed? or once you install one product from the master suite install dvd, the date is set for all products?
Thanks
Jerry C

How can she upgrade to the 64 bit version of photoshop without breaking her installation or loosing any of her work?
You can't. This can only be done wit ha proper install after the old stuff has been uninstalled. You won't lose any work, the installers only care for their own files, not user-generated data.
If I upgrade her OS to windows 7 Pro (x64), will that be a problem?
Just to be on the safe side, always deactivate, then re-activate after the update.
How do i split the resulting un compressed master suite installation folders to two dvds so that it functions as an install dvd?
You cannot. Installer spanning only works if you downloaded or bought the proper DVD version that is already pre-configured into two separate packages. Use an external hard drive or memory stick to transport the files instead.
Can he unlock the copy of dreamweaver that was installed via the master suite install dvd?
No. Suites ands standalone products have completely different serials and since the DW will be tied to the suite install, a standalone serial won't work.
If the trial expires, can he unlock it at some point later if he purchases a key?
Yes, that's the plan.
Does each product within the master suite have its own trial expiration date based on when that particular product was installed?
No, the suite is timebombed as a whole, which again relates to how it is supposed to handle serialization with only one number.
Mylenium

1 1/2 year old dv4t screen failure and upgrade question

Hi, I need some help troublshooting my HP dv4t notebook PC. First of all, let me mention that I am pretty good with computers as I have my CompTIA A+ and Network+ 2009 certifications and I work full time in a computer store as a repair technician but I need some help here diagnosing my problem.
My dv4t was probably one of the very first ones off the production line as a replacement for my old dv2500 which was given to me by a case manager about a year and a half or so ago. Within the past few weeks, I have had intermittent backlight issues and then the picture on the screen itself would not come up or would be extremely scrambled. I thought that it might have been the display cable so I went ahead and ordered a replacement and got it installed and now I have no video on the LCD at all. The webcam does work, as does the light on the HP logo on the back of the notebook lid. So I kind of have it narrowed down to either the motherboard or the LCD panel itself but I'm not sure which one it could be. Does anybody have any ideas of which one is causing my problems?
By the way, I was only given a 1 year warranty, and this is my 4th HP laptop and the first one that actually outlasted it's one year warranty so I'm a bit frustrated that I can't seem to get a computer with any kind of a decent build quality on it.
Also, is it possible to request an upgrade for a component while it is being repaired? I have the Lightscribe DVD burner currently and I'd like to step up to a blu-ray drive if it is possible.

Yes, I do get a picture with an external monitor. I talked to HP customer service and they seem to think it is the motherboard. Considering that I've already tried a new cable, I am thinking that it would be the motherboard. One thing that happened yesterday when I was diagnosing the computer at work was the new display cable was actually smoking where the cable would normally go from the display assembly to the chassis of the notebook which makes me think even more that its a motherboard.
While I could probably fix it myself for almost half the price of the $398 quote I got from HP, its almost worth the extra money just to not gamble on a $200 part and guess wrong. Money is tight for us right now and I'd hate to shell out for a motherboard and turn out that its actually a problem with the LCD panel itself.

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