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Hi,
I installed the 10.5.7 update yesterday on my iMac and had no issues with it. It was rebooting with no problems until this morning I tried to boot Mac OSX 10.5.7 and it hangs on the blue screen with just the pointer and a message telling me that spotlight has quit unexpectedly
I have tried switching to safe mode and still have the same problem and I have also tried to repair the disk on Disk Utility but it tells me that disk appears to be ok
I could reinstall Mac OSX but I don't want to lose files and music that I have on Leopard.
I would use the install and archive mode but the problem is that it was an upgrade disc I used to install Leopard on my Aluminum iMac as my iMac came with Tiger. I remember reading that the Leopard upgrade disc doesn't have the install and archive method. I tried installing the Leopard upgrade disc but it tells me that I have to install OSX Tiger first.
Could I use the archive and install method on the Tiger disc even though Leopard is on my machine without losing files, mp3s and general data? or is Target Disk Mode my only final option to save my files?
Please advise
Art
I installed the 10.5.7 update yesterday on my iMac and had no issues with it. It was rebooting with no problems until this morning I tried to boot Mac OSX 10.5.7 and it hangs on the blue screen with just the pointer and a message telling me that spotlight has quit unexpectedly
I have tried switching to safe mode and still have the same problem and I have also tried to repair the disk on Disk Utility but it tells me that disk appears to be ok
I could reinstall Mac OSX but I don't want to lose files and music that I have on Leopard.
I would use the install and archive mode but the problem is that it was an upgrade disc I used to install Leopard on my Aluminum iMac as my iMac came with Tiger. I remember reading that the Leopard upgrade disc doesn't have the install and archive method. I tried installing the Leopard upgrade disc but it tells me that I have to install OSX Tiger first.
Could I use the archive and install method on the Tiger disc even though Leopard is on my machine without losing files, mp3s and general data? or is Target Disk Mode my only final option to save my files?
Please advise
Art