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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1577488" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>OS X has no Registry and no need of the type of recovery needed by Windows.</p><p></p><p>However, if you're running 10.7 or later:</p><p></p><p>You can boot to the Recovery partition and achieve the same results as the 'Startup Repair' and 'System Restore' functions by re-installing OS X over the top of your existing install without losing your data. These havn't really been needed in Windows near as much the last couple of versions and it's even rarer you'll need to do it with OS X.</p><p></p><p>Unless you're playing around in areas of the drive you shouldn't or using one of the cleaning apps that are typically recommended you <strong>not</strong> install around here.</p><p></p><p>You also have Time Machine available for use for backing up your entire drive.</p><p></p><p>edit: Merged threads</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1577488, member: 24160"] OS X has no Registry and no need of the type of recovery needed by Windows. However, if you're running 10.7 or later: You can boot to the Recovery partition and achieve the same results as the 'Startup Repair' and 'System Restore' functions by re-installing OS X over the top of your existing install without losing your data. These havn't really been needed in Windows near as much the last couple of versions and it's even rarer you'll need to do it with OS X. Unless you're playing around in areas of the drive you shouldn't or using one of the cleaning apps that are typically recommended you [B]not[/B] install around here. You also have Time Machine available for use for backing up your entire drive. edit: Merged threads [/QUOTE]
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