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Macbook OSX Lion - how to restore OS to the internal hard drive
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1804496" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>I think it is in the process of failing. 21MB free is not really enough, it should be in the 75-100MB range (15%+). But that would only slow processing slightly as swapping lacked space, not make it disappear.</p><p></p><p>I would suggest removing it from the machine, putting it into an external enclosure and reading off the user's data from there to a backup. Then replace the internal with a new drive if the rest of the system is acceptable to her, reinstalling the OS and restoring her files from the external (formerly internal) drive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1804496, member: 396914"] I think it is in the process of failing. 21MB free is not really enough, it should be in the 75-100MB range (15%+). But that would only slow processing slightly as swapping lacked space, not make it disappear. I would suggest removing it from the machine, putting it into an external enclosure and reading off the user's data from there to a backup. Then replace the internal with a new drive if the rest of the system is acceptable to her, reinstalling the OS and restoring her files from the external (formerly internal) drive. [/QUOTE]
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