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<blockquote data-quote="William-ing" data-source="post: 1301096" data-attributes="member: 215961"><p>dtravis7,</p><p></p><p>When I still had the Panther Mac OS installed in my PowerBook, all the standard software provided by Apple were installed. Through time, I used to download all the significant updates provided by Apple just to have my laptop running smoothly.</p><p></p><p>Now, a few years ago I had decided to upgrade to Mac OS Tiger and later on purchased the MS Office 2008 Student Edition, while at the same time I had installed the Adobe CS Premium edition.</p><p></p><p>Last July, my hard disk crashed; I got the grey screen with the question mark; installed the DVD as suggested by the Mac OS book in order to check every hardware in my Powerbook. Since, I couldn't do anything to fix this issue I decided to take it to my local Apple store in order to find out what has really happened.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that when I got it back from them (which by the way in order to save some money I asked them if it's possible not to pay the VAT but, that also meant that I could not have a 6-month guarantee for the hard disk they had placed in my PowerBook), they told me that they had installed the used-hard disk; installed Mac OS X 10.4.11 Tiger; the Adobe CS 2; the Adobe Acrobat 7(not activated); and the MS Office 2008(not activated).</p><p></p><p>The fact is that I had lost a very significant amount of time from my work, not to mention the loss of very important personal and job files; some of which I was working at the time of the crash. This means that I didn't notice immediately that iPhoto was missing (and perhaps other parts of the Mac OS - probably....), only when I had to use it.</p><p></p><p>This is why I think that the reason why I have experienced all these issues is because the Apple tech-guy has probably installed the mac mini's hard disk as it was or, it was a machine with a not so good installation of Mac OS and other software.</p><p></p><p>I will keep you informed when I finish the whole procedure; hopefully with no further issues!</p><p></p><p>Thanks again for your help guys.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="William-ing, post: 1301096, member: 215961"] dtravis7, When I still had the Panther Mac OS installed in my PowerBook, all the standard software provided by Apple were installed. Through time, I used to download all the significant updates provided by Apple just to have my laptop running smoothly. Now, a few years ago I had decided to upgrade to Mac OS Tiger and later on purchased the MS Office 2008 Student Edition, while at the same time I had installed the Adobe CS Premium edition. Last July, my hard disk crashed; I got the grey screen with the question mark; installed the DVD as suggested by the Mac OS book in order to check every hardware in my Powerbook. Since, I couldn't do anything to fix this issue I decided to take it to my local Apple store in order to find out what has really happened. Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that when I got it back from them (which by the way in order to save some money I asked them if it's possible not to pay the VAT but, that also meant that I could not have a 6-month guarantee for the hard disk they had placed in my PowerBook), they told me that they had installed the used-hard disk; installed Mac OS X 10.4.11 Tiger; the Adobe CS 2; the Adobe Acrobat 7(not activated); and the MS Office 2008(not activated). The fact is that I had lost a very significant amount of time from my work, not to mention the loss of very important personal and job files; some of which I was working at the time of the crash. This means that I didn't notice immediately that iPhoto was missing (and perhaps other parts of the Mac OS - probably....), only when I had to use it. This is why I think that the reason why I have experienced all these issues is because the Apple tech-guy has probably installed the mac mini's hard disk as it was or, it was a machine with a not so good installation of Mac OS and other software. I will keep you informed when I finish the whole procedure; hopefully with no further issues! Thanks again for your help guys. [/QUOTE]
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