Wiping everything and starting again
Hi All,
Forgive my ignorance but I can' seem to get a straight answer on the web.
My macbook's been getting a bit sluggish so I upgraded to leopard from tiger and this has sped it up a bit, but I've decided I want to wipe everything and start again with a clean version of leopard.
What's the best way to do this?
Is it to "boot" from the leopard CD? How do I do that?
Obviously I have backed everything up and I don't mind investing the time to re-install my apps
Thanks
Luke
I agree with Allan that an Erase & Install is probably overkill.
Try these intermediate step before following the directions for the Erase & Install:
Start up from the install disk (holding down the C key during restart);
From the Utilities menu select Disk Utilities and run the Repair Disk and Repair Permissions.
Restart and see if this helps.
If not, start up from the install disk again and from the install Options, select Archive & Install.
The Repairs will clean up all the system files. The Archive & Install will replace the old system files with new ones, moving the old system files to a folder named Previous System.
If that doesn’t seem to help, since you have a full bootable backup, you can go ahead and try the Erase & Install.
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