When about to install Yosemite onto my Imac it tells me I wont be able to access old Word and Excel files.Is there a solution to this ?

Use Office 2008 or 2011, LibreOffice, or similar software to access them.
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The original 1TB HDD was about to die so I upgraded the hard drive to a Crucial SSD, via an Apple Authorized shop
Memory was also upgraded to 16GB (from the original 4GB)
The install process won't finish, as I get a disk error message from the computer
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The installation process keeps starting over
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Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 350 MHz
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Bus Speed: 100 MHz
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• If the hard drive's icon is visible on the desktop, you can proceed to install OS 9. Run the app Mac OS Install, and do a Clean Install of OS 9. Note that a Clean Install will not remove anything -
Article #58176 - Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9: Performing a Clean Installation
• If the hard drive's icon is not visible on the desktop when you boot to the OS 9 Install CD, then the drive was probably last reformatted using OSX's Disk Utility and the option to install OS 9 drivers was not selected.
Article #106849 - Disk Is Available in Mac OS X But Not in Mac OS 9
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Hi,
I've been researching how to replace the Hard Drive on my Late 2011 13inch Macbook Pro (MacBookPro8,1 / 2.4 GHz / Intel Core i5 / SATA III) with a new SSD (maybe a Samsung 840 EVO) and clean install Yosemite onto it. I've found a few ways to do this on the support forums and the macrumors forum, but I want to confirm if I can do it this way:
1. Plug new SSD into the Macbook via a USB cable
2. Download Yosemite onto current Macbook Hard Drive. When I'm prompted to install, chose the new SSD from the list. Complete Installation.
3. Remove old Hard Drive from Macbook and plug new SSD in it's place (and not in the optical bay).
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Thanks for the response and confirming I can clean install Yosemite onto a new SSD using the process I listed in my initial post.
I have a 13'' MacBook Pro with Yosemite already installed onto it so my graphics card should be set. After almost a month of using it, I haven't noticed any issues on that end.
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iMac, Model Identifier iMac12,1 with 121.5" screen, 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 processor, 8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 memory, 1 TB internal hard drive, running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 from internal drive.
I want to install Yosemite onto a 1 TB external hard drive (OWC) , and keep Snow Leopard installed on the internal hard drive. I want to be able to boot from either system, depending upon circumstance (at least until Yosemite is stable). Is this possible?

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