Snow Leopard install was a clean install or an Upgrade?

I was wondering if there is a way to find out if an installed version of Snow Leopard is from a clean install or from an upgrade from an earlier version. Is there an indication on the About Apple menu as to the type of install that was performed?
Thanks
John

baltwo wrote:
There won't be a Previous System folder because the SL installation process no longer includes the Archive and Install option.
See my reply above. It applies when doing a normal upgrade installation of Sno.
baltwo wrote:
There's also no Erase & Install option. All you get is install.
Sure there is an erase and install option. You have the option to erase and install. Just because there is no erase and install check box doesn't mean that there is no erase and install option.
If It was an upgrade install, that is on top of an existing installation or erased and installed and then migrated from a previous installation, then you >should note applications in /Applications that aren't shown in the install log. If you erased the boot volume and installed SL, then installed other apps, then >all of those should show up in the install log.
Good points, I think. I don't use the logs that much.

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So I purchased Snow Leopard hoping that would fix the problem. Well I insert the DVD and click install Snow Leopard, same thing, I click the blue install button, turns grey then a few seconds later turns blue again and nothing happens so I CANNOT UPGRADE!!
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Hi eastwooddesign;
Upgrading to fix problems usually doesn't succeed and generally make them worst.
Exactly what Snow Leopard disk do you have?
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I want to buy a Mac Mini from Amazon simply because it's cheaper and there's no tax, the question is, does it come with Snow Leopard like the one from Apple does?
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Even if it does not come with Snow Leopard installed, or the upgrade drop in disk, you should still be able to get it for S&H from Apple thru the Up-to-Date program.
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Welcome to Apple Discussions.
After ejecting the DVD and shutting down your Mac, can you restart normally? If so, then you could wipe the partition again and re-install.
Also, have you tried starting in single user mode. At the prompt type fsck -fyremember to leave a blank space before the "-fy".
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I'm not sure where you read that about the disk being "write-locked." That doesn't make much sense, given that the major task an installer like this must achieve is writing a whole bunch of files to the hard drive. I think your source was mistaken.
As to what happened, it sounds like your hard drive was badly corrupt to start with, or possibly was on the edge of failing and is now in the process of dying entirely. If you don't have backups of your data, that does not bode well for you, unfortunately. If you can manage to use target mode to copy your data, do that.
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I used utilities to source my 10.6 snow leopard install disc to my main hardrive, and now when I turn on my computer the apple with the spinning wheel stays on the screen and stuck like that. How do I fix it Help please. I already tried all the commands

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1899
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