OS 10.5 - Will Leopard...

Granny Prime · Granny Prime #1 (**permalink**)

09-16-2007, 02:53 PM

Will Leopard erase all my existing data from my 10.4 Tiger OS when I want to install Leopard?

All help is appreciated!

Thanks!

baggss · baggss #2 (**permalink**)

09-16-2007, 04:27 PM

Only if you tell it to. Otherwise it will give you the options to:

1) Upgrade.

2) Archive and Install.

3) Erase and Install.

Granny Prime · Granny Prime #3 (**permalink**)

09-16-2007, 04:35 PM

Thanks alot! Everything is so easy with a Mac!

theGAPkid · theGAPkid #4 (**permalink**)

09-17-2007, 03:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baggss

1) Upgrade.

2) Archive and Install.

3) Erase and Install.

Could we have a definition of these three - although I think I know what each is, they all sound pretty similar (well 1 & 2 do anyway!)

dtravis7 · dtravis7 #5 (**permalink**)

09-17-2007, 03:40 AM

Upgrade is what is says, say you have 10.4 Tiger, you run upgrade to upgrade the system to 10.5. Nothing is lost.

Archive and Install is for an existing system that has problems. You run Archive and Install and nothing is lost and it makes an archive of the old system also.

Erase and Install is just that. Format the Hard Drive and start over with a new OS. Everything is lost.

baggss · baggss #6 (**permalink**)

09-17-2007, 09:57 AM

The beauty of A & I is that it preserves all of your settings in your profile. Things like Network settings, startup items, desktop pictures, most custom icons and so on are still there and still the same after an A & I. It also never hurts to have a fresh base system installed for the computer to boot from. The old system is left in tact and simply renamed "Old System" and you can delete it at your leisure.

skiwhyte · skiwhyte #7 (**permalink**)

09-17-2007, 10:36 PM

even though if you upgrade cause you don't want to loose anything.
make sure you back your stuff up on a drive of .mac if avaliable ...just in case.

dtravis7 #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 04, 2005 Location: Modesto, Ca. Posts: 25,821 Mac Specs: iMac C2D Late 2007 20" with 10.8.3, Macbook Santa Rosa 4GB Ram OSX 10.8.3	09-17-2007, 03:40 AM Upgrade is what is says, say you have 10.4 Tiger, you run upgrade to upgrade the system to 10.5. Nothing is lost. Archive and Install is for an existing system that has problems. You run Archive and Install and nothing is lost and it makes an archive of the old system also. Erase and Install is just that. Format the Hard Drive and start over with a new OS. Everything is lost. ...Dennis Mac-Forums Community Guidelines
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Granny Prime #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 03, 2007 Location: Cheshire Posts: 118 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 2.2GHz, White 80GB iPod 5th Generation	09-16-2007, 02:53 PM Will Leopard erase all my existing data from my 10.4 Tiger OS when I want to install Leopard? All help is appreciated! Thanks!
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baggss #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 10, 2004 Location: Margaritaville Posts: 10,306 Mac Specs: 27" 3.4 Ghz i7 iMac-13" C2D Macbook-OSX 18.8.2-64Gb iPad 2-32 Gb iPhone 5-ATV 2-14Tb of Storage	09-16-2007, 04:27 PM Only if you tell it to. Otherwise it will give you the options to: 1) Upgrade. 2) Archive and Install. 3) Erase and Install.
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baggss #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 10, 2004 Location: Margaritaville Posts: 10,306 Mac Specs: 27" 3.4 Ghz i7 iMac-13" C2D Macbook-OSX 18.8.2-64Gb iPad 2-32 Gb iPhone 5-ATV 2-14Tb of Storage	09-17-2007, 09:57 AM The beauty of A & I is that it preserves all of your settings in your profile. Things like Network settings, startup items, desktop pictures, most custom icons and so on are still there and still the same after an A & I. It also never hurts to have a fresh base system installed for the computer to boot from. The old system is left in tact and simply renamed "Old System" and you can delete it at your leisure.
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skiwhyte #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 21, 2007 Posts: 58 Mac Specs: macbook 2GHz intel core duo 2 GB ram Mac os x 10.5 Leopard	09-17-2007, 10:36 PM even though if you upgrade cause you don't want to loose anything. make sure you back your stuff up on a drive of .mac if avaliable ...just in case.
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