Clean Install of Snow Leopard

Antillies911 · Antillies911 #1 (**permalink**)

03-13-2011, 01:01 PM

Hello Everyone,

I'm new to these forums. I have a iMac currently running 10.5.8 I also have a Time Machine backup.

I bought a retail copy of Snow Leopard. My question is if I do and Erase & Install will Time Machine restore all my files? Should I do a backup to DVD before I begin?

I would just do an upgrade to 10.6 but that's exactly what I did when I got Leopard. I've never done a complete format and reinstall of the OS on my Imac since I bought it almost 5 years ago.

Thanks for your help!

louishen · louishen #2 (**permalink**)

03-13-2011, 01:48 PM

Yes, time machine will do the restore, after a fresh SL install, when the mac boots up it will ask you if you have a time machine back-up

louishen #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 22, 2007 Location: London Posts: 8,657 Mac Specs: Mac Mini Core i7 2012 \| White 2009 MacBook 2 Ghz \| 733 Mhz G4 Quicksilver	03-13-2011, 01:48 PM Yes, time machine will do the restore, after a fresh SL install, when the mac boots up it will ask you if you have a time machine back-up Member of the Month September 2008 & August 2012 \| Found advice useful? – use the rep system
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Antillies911 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 1	03-13-2011, 01:01 PM Hello Everyone, I'm new to these forums. I have a iMac currently running 10.5.8 I also have a Time Machine backup. I bought a retail copy of Snow Leopard. My question is if I do and Erase & Install will Time Machine restore all my files? Should I do a backup to DVD before I begin? I would just do an upgrade to 10.6 but that's exactly what I did when I got Leopard. I've never done a complete format and reinstall of the OS on my Imac since I bought it almost 5 years ago. Thanks for your help!
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