SL install and restore problem

growlgrowl · Jan 11, 2010

After several weeks of using SL my Macbook crashed and I had to get a new hard disk installed ( under warranty). The new disk had Leopard installed not SL. I installed SL and then did a restore using the original install disc and my last backup under SL from Time Machine. Now all I'm gettin is a repeated message in multiple languages telling me to restart. Which I do only to get the same message again.

Any advice?

Gggrrrrr

VegasGeorge · Jan 11, 2010

Maybe I don't know enough about this situation, but why did you use your original install disk? Didn't it have Leopard on it? Since you had already upgraded to SL, I think you should have just restored your Time Machine backup without using the original disk. Now, I think you'll have to do a clean install of Leopard, using your disk, upgrade to SL, then restore the TM backup.

6string · Jan 11, 2010

start with permissions repair in disk utilities. If this fails to repair the issue, I'd do an erase and restore from your time machine backup.
To do this, boot from your install disc, choose language, click continue then go to utilities in the menu bar.
You can take 1 step or 2 step method.
1 step method: just choose restore from backup.
2 step method: select disk utility, erase macintosh HD formatted as mac is extended (journalled), quit disk utility and in the utility menu select restore from back up.
I would go the 2 step method even though 1 step method is supposed to do the same thing.

growlgrowl · Jan 12, 2010

VegasGeorge said:
Maybe I don't know enough about this situation, but why did you use your original install disk? Didn't it have Leopard on it? Since you had already upgraded to SL, I think you should have just restored your Time Machine backup without using the original disk. Now, I think you'll have to do a clean install of Leopard, using your disk, upgrade to SL, then restore the TM backup.

I thought I needed to use the Leopard install disc to get to the Utilities menu to be able to select restore from Time Machine. Should I have used the SL disc as the boot disc instead to get to the Utilities Menu?

6string · Jan 12, 2010

You can also use your snow leopard disc to get to the utilities menu... either or you will have that option

bobtomay · Jan 12, 2010

If you want SL, yes,just boot from the SL disc. During the install it should provide you with an option to restore from a TM backup.

If it doesn't, then you would run the Migration Assistant after you have booted to Snow Leopard.

You would not insert your Leopard disc and try a restore to Snow Leopard. I wouldn't even think that would work.

6string · Jan 12, 2010

bobtomay said:
You would not insert your Leopard disc and try a restore to Snow Leopard. I wouldn't even think that would work.

Thanks bobtomay.... I probably should have added that, and I'm glad that you did

Been offline for a few weeks, so Happy New Year to you... I hope you had a good chrissy and new years

growlgrowl · Jan 12, 2010

6string said:
start with permissions repair in disk utilities. If this fails to repair the issue, I'd do an erase and restore from your time machine backup.
To do this, boot from your install disc, choose language, click continue then go to utilities in the menu bar.
You can take 1 step or 2 step method.
1 step method: just choose restore from backup.
2 step method: select disk utility, erase macintosh HD formatted as mac is extended (journalled), quit disk utility and in the utility menu select restore from back up.
I would go the 2 step method even though 1 step method is supposed to do the same thing.

I am currently doing an erase and install from my original Leopard disc. I'll install SL then I'll see if I can get to the Utilities menu using the SL as a boot disc. And select restoe using TM selecting my last SL backup.

If I can't use the SL disc to restore from TM the I guess I'll have to use the the Leopard disc with my last Leopard backup.

But what of this happens again in the future when all my backups are SL. Should I then try to get a full SL install disc and use that? I don't actually know anyone that has one yet.

growlgrowl · Jan 12, 2010

THanks guys (ignore my last post).

I shall proceed and report back!!

bobtomay · Jan 12, 2010

If this Snow Leopard disc came from Apple, you should be able to do a clean install.

I have not bought a new machine in awhile, so if it is one of the "upgrade" discs Apple sent out to those that had bought a machine right before it's release with Leopard pre-installed, am not sure... you may have to install Leopard first. Let us know.

Hey, 6string... good to see ya back around.

growlgrowl · Jan 12, 2010

OK it seems to have worked.
Erased and installed Leopard.
Installed SL from the Update disc.
Rebooted with the SL disc to get to Utilities and restored from my SL backup in Time Machine.

Tidying things up a bit then will get TM to back up again!!

Thanks for everyone's help.

Ggggrrrrr