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Procedure for reinstalling from install discs
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<blockquote data-quote="thorn101" data-source="post: 1314069" data-attributes="member: 219407"><p>When you say "bootable USB" I assume you mean the Lion recovery tool.</p><p>If that is the case it's easy:</p><p></p><p>1) Plug in the usb thumb-drive</p><p>reboot</p><p>2) hold down the option key</p><p></p><p>If everything went well you will see the thumb drive as an option to boot into.</p><p>Select the thumb drive and you will have the recovery tools available to you.</p><p>One of the options is to put your system back from a Time Machine backup.</p><p>My guess is that you want to pick that one.</p><p>This will put your system back to the last Time Machine backup.</p><p>No need to go through the entire upgrade process <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>As for ejecting a cd during boot up, you have two choices</p><p>1) hold down the mouse button while booting up, this will eject any disks present in the drive.</p><p>2) If, for what ever reason option 1 doesn't work, hold down command key, option key, O key, F key during boot up. This will boot you into the firmware loader. Here you can type "ejectcd" (no quotes) to eject the cd. Then type mac-boot to continue the boot sequence.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thorn101, post: 1314069, member: 219407"] When you say "bootable USB" I assume you mean the Lion recovery tool. If that is the case it's easy: 1) Plug in the usb thumb-drive reboot 2) hold down the option key If everything went well you will see the thumb drive as an option to boot into. Select the thumb drive and you will have the recovery tools available to you. One of the options is to put your system back from a Time Machine backup. My guess is that you want to pick that one. This will put your system back to the last Time Machine backup. No need to go through the entire upgrade process :D As for ejecting a cd during boot up, you have two choices 1) hold down the mouse button while booting up, this will eject any disks present in the drive. 2) If, for what ever reason option 1 doesn't work, hold down command key, option key, O key, F key during boot up. This will boot you into the firmware loader. Here you can type "ejectcd" (no quotes) to eject the cd. Then type mac-boot to continue the boot sequence. [/QUOTE]
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