Wipe and Install Tips

hey everyone,

so i need to completely wipe my internal hd and re-install 10.4. any tips you guys have would be greatly appreciated. all of my content has been backed up so i'm not worried about losing anything. just dreading re-installing all of my apps again. will be nice to start fresh tho. anyway, thanks in advance.

If you want to be doubly sure, zero the drive by clicking on the 'options' after selecting erase in Disk Utility.

Don;t know why double entry and can't delete.

mcjacksonnelson said:

i need to completely wipe my internal hd and re-install 10.4. any tips you guys have would be greatly appreciated. all of my content has been backed up so i'm not worried about losing anything. just dreading re-installing all of my apps again. will be nice to start fresh tho.

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When a mechanic reconditions a motor, he has to replace all the parts that were removed, but if you don't want to go through the hassle of reinstalling all your software from your backup, then choose Archive & Install from your OS X installation. That will preserve the software on the hard disk while reinstalling the System.

I agree with you about the "start fresh", so if it were me I'd choose Erase & Install.

10.5 apps saved

hi i have sort of the same problem.

i have an ibook and bought it second hand. The previous owner had lots of apps on it like photoshop and other things.

I would like to install Tiger 10.4 on it but i don't want to lose all the applications. Is there a backup program that will save all the apps so i can use them on 10.4?

Also do you have to format the hard drive when you install 10.4?

Thanks if any one replys