Help needed for re-installing OS.

Hi.

I need to re-install my OS, and my question is: How much will I need to install again afterwards? I have the Office package installed, and was now wondering, do I have to install it again, after I have re-installed my OS? I only have one license left for Office.

Hope some one can help me.

If you have a time machine back-up, then you can use migration assistant to bring it back

But why are you re-installing the OS, it isn't usually necessary

And if you absolutely have to do a clean install and have 20GB of your HDD available, use Archive and Install. The old OS will be in a folder named of course 'Older System' and drag files from that.

Hi.

Thanks for the answers.

I have a problem when I want to burn CD´s or DVD´s. I can´t find any software that works.

When I burn a CD or DVD, and it is finishing the disc, it comes with an error that says that it can´t complete the burn. I have asked a danish support desk, and they said, that I need to re-install my os.

What software have you tried unsuccessfully to burn with? I'd lean more toward a problem with the burner or burning software than with the operating system.

In the Windows world this is more common. But since OS X is a UNIX-based operating system and not subject to the same "Windows rot", it's very unlikely that a reinstall is needed.