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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1893716" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>Which you select depends on what you are trying to do.</p><p></p><p>(1) Restore from Time Machine backup</p><p>(2) Install OS X</p><p>(3) Get Help Online</p><p>(4) Disk Utilities</p><p></p><p>3 is easy, it just gets you online help from Apple. No mystery there.</p><p></p><p>2 will install the OS for you. If that is all that is needed, it will overlay the OS there with a new copy from the Installer.</p><p></p><p>4 will allow you to repartition, reformat, erase the HD. So, if you had to replace the internal drive, for example, you would first do 4 to create the partition and format the drive to prepare it for installation. Then run 2 to get the OS installed and finally 1 to do a restoration from a TM backup to that new drive. At the end, you should have a "new" drive that works for you and has all the same stuff you had before (accounts, files, preferences, etc).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1893716, member: 396914"] Which you select depends on what you are trying to do. (1) Restore from Time Machine backup (2) Install OS X (3) Get Help Online (4) Disk Utilities 3 is easy, it just gets you online help from Apple. No mystery there. 2 will install the OS for you. If that is all that is needed, it will overlay the OS there with a new copy from the Installer. 4 will allow you to repartition, reformat, erase the HD. So, if you had to replace the internal drive, for example, you would first do 4 to create the partition and format the drive to prepare it for installation. Then run 2 to get the OS installed and finally 1 to do a restoration from a TM backup to that new drive. At the end, you should have a "new" drive that works for you and has all the same stuff you had before (accounts, files, preferences, etc). [/QUOTE]
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