Try to Upgrade and the Disc wants to Install
Hello everyone,
So I'm having a bit of confusion. I have yet to upgrade any of my computers, or families computers, to 10.6. The computer I am working off of is a Macbook Pro that is currently running 10.4.
I put in the Install Disk and restarted the computer to the Disk. I clicked away to the customize and install page but its not saying upgrade, its says install. Should I be worried that it will erase my hard drive?
Snow Leopard only has one installation option - Install. If it finds another earlier version of OS X then it "upgrades." If the drive has been erased then it does a "clean" or fresh installation.
An "upgrade" is more like a form of Archive and Install except the old system is not archived. You will not lose anything on your hard drive.
However, before you actually do this upgrade I suggest you first do the following:
1. Repair the hard drive and permissions.
2. Make and test a cloned backup of your current system.
3. Disconnect all third-party peripherals except keyboard and mouse.
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from the OS X Installer disc used to install the current version on your computer. 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 and Leopard.) 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 click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro 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.
Clone using Restore Option of Disk Utility
1. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (journaled, if available) and click on the Erase button. This step can be skipped if the destination has already been freshly erased.
4. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
5. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
6. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
7. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the external backup drive.
Source means the internal startup drive.
Message was edited by: Kappy
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