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There any advantage with a format over Archive & Install?
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<blockquote data-quote="Woodman1221" data-source="post: 856617" data-attributes="member: 104714"><p><strong>New thread - Question involving Archive and install</strong></p><p></p><p>To run a proprietary software program I needed a previous operating system. My mac came with 10.5, this software requires 10.4. In using the Archive and Install feature I installed 10.48. The problem is to run office mac 2008 I need 10.49 or better. What I would like to do is return to the 10.5 and then somehow use virtual box to run the 10.4 only with the proprietary software. Not sure how I'm going to get there, but my first problem is in the recovery of 10.5. Based upon my search of reinstalling Mac OS X, Safari help indicates that instructions for this restoration are in the computer manual, but I acquired this machine without a manual (or 10.5 CDs). Any suggestions would be appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Woodman1221, post: 856617, member: 104714"] [b]New thread - Question involving Archive and install[/b] To run a proprietary software program I needed a previous operating system. My mac came with 10.5, this software requires 10.4. In using the Archive and Install feature I installed 10.48. The problem is to run office mac 2008 I need 10.49 or better. What I would like to do is return to the 10.5 and then somehow use virtual box to run the 10.4 only with the proprietary software. Not sure how I'm going to get there, but my first problem is in the recovery of 10.5. Based upon my search of reinstalling Mac OS X, Safari help indicates that instructions for this restoration are in the computer manual, but I acquired this machine without a manual (or 10.5 CDs). Any suggestions would be appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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