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<blockquote data-quote="XLWH" data-source="post: 70604"><p>Hi Mitch.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Unfortunately you only have OS X 1.5 so I don't think you have the following options in your install menu on the OS X cd. The last link below may be your best bet.</p><p></p><p></p><p>If you had OS X 10.2.2 or above you could reinstall the OS over itself while leaving the data intact.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I had that happen at work and the computer guy talked me through it on the phone. The work computer has OS X 10.2.8 (updated).</p><p></p><p></p><p>I had to choose the Options menu in the install window and choose - Archive and Install and Preserve Users and Network Settings ( Do not choose Erase and Install ).</p><p></p><p></p><p>This replaced the OS but saved my data.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I then had to download and reinstall each OS X update from 10.2.3 to 10.2.8 individually. ( The combo versions which combines multiple updates failed to install. )</p><p></p><p></p><p>Here are instructions if your OS were OS X 10.2 or higher -</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://kb.indiana.edu/data/akav.html" target="_blank">http://kb.indiana.edu/data/akav.html</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Here are the individual updates -</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/macosxupdates.html" target="_blank">http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/macosxupdates.html</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Here is more info on the flashing folder question mark -</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://8help.osu.edu/1244.html" target="_blank">http://8help.osu.edu/1244.html</a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58042" target="_blank">http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58042</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>And here's a suggestion that might work -</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.macosx.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-39078.html" target="_blank">http://www.macosx.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-39078.html</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Take care,</p><p></p><p>XLWH</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="XLWH, post: 70604"] Hi Mitch. Unfortunately you only have OS X 1.5 so I don't think you have the following options in your install menu on the OS X cd. The last link below may be your best bet. If you had OS X 10.2.2 or above you could reinstall the OS over itself while leaving the data intact. I had that happen at work and the computer guy talked me through it on the phone. The work computer has OS X 10.2.8 (updated). I had to choose the Options menu in the install window and choose - Archive and Install and Preserve Users and Network Settings ( Do not choose Erase and Install ). This replaced the OS but saved my data. I then had to download and reinstall each OS X update from 10.2.3 to 10.2.8 individually. ( The combo versions which combines multiple updates failed to install. ) Here are instructions if your OS were OS X 10.2 or higher - [url]http://kb.indiana.edu/data/akav.html[/url] Here are the individual updates - [url]http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/macosxupdates.html[/url] Here is more info on the flashing folder question mark - [url]http://8help.osu.edu/1244.html[/url] [url]http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58042[/url] And here's a suggestion that might work - [url]http://www.macosx.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-39078.html[/url] Take care, XLWH [/QUOTE]
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