TS1884 if i reinstrall mac os (snow lepord) will i loose my files,i have no backup and i mac wont start , safe mode never gets past spinning loading icon and i left it all night
if i reinstrall mac os (snow lepord) will i loose my files,or will a new partition be created?
some info,
i have no backup and my imac wont start , safe mode never gets past spinning loading icon and i left it all night yesterday,
when i used disk utility when booting from the install disk im told the "disk is damaged " but the repair utility wont run sand tells me to back up etc....
i cant make a new partition , and i cant make an image
please help
I fully agree with BDAqua.
Don't do anything with this Mac until you have an external disk which you can boot your Mac from.
Not all USB disks are easy to boot from - FireWire is better
When you have a suitable empty external disk I advise:
Put install DVD into damaged Mac
partitioning external disk into 2 volumes
install OS onto one volume of external disk
Don't import anything during install process - it may reintroduce historic problems
Boot external disk
Use finder to copy critical data from Mac to volume of external disk with OS
Use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone the whole Mac hard disk to the other external volume
Boot into installer DVD and erase Mac's internal disk
Partition internal disk into 2 volumes and install OSs as required
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