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<blockquote data-quote="EndlessMac" data-source="post: 1037155" data-attributes="member: 140470"><p>I believe the backup feature you are referring to is the archive feature when you upgrade your OS. If this is the case then all it backed up was some system files, preferences, etc. It's been awhile since I have used that feature so I don't remember exactly what it backs up.</p><p></p><p>Regardless of what it backed up it doesn't save the entire 10.5 so you have to have the 10.5 Leopard discs in order to get it back on your computer. In other words the files that it saved is not the whole OS so 10.4 was installed over your 10.5 OS.</p><p></p><p>Unless I'm mistaken, the only way for you to get 10.5 back is if you got a 10.5 disc so that you can upgrade your computer. As you have learned, anytime you upgrade or downgrade (like you did) you lose the current OS because you wrote over it. The only way I know to backup your whole OS before upgrading or downgrading is to make a clone copy of it onto an external hard drive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EndlessMac, post: 1037155, member: 140470"] I believe the backup feature you are referring to is the archive feature when you upgrade your OS. If this is the case then all it backed up was some system files, preferences, etc. It's been awhile since I have used that feature so I don't remember exactly what it backs up. Regardless of what it backed up it doesn't save the entire 10.5 so you have to have the 10.5 Leopard discs in order to get it back on your computer. In other words the files that it saved is not the whole OS so 10.4 was installed over your 10.5 OS. Unless I'm mistaken, the only way for you to get 10.5 back is if you got a 10.5 disc so that you can upgrade your computer. As you have learned, anytime you upgrade or downgrade (like you did) you lose the current OS because you wrote over it. The only way I know to backup your whole OS before upgrading or downgrading is to make a clone copy of it onto an external hard drive. [/QUOTE]
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