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Title: re-installing?
Post by: goodear on September 10, 2006, 05:31:08 PM
I may have to reinstall or clean-install to fix certain problems but I don't want to lose my documents and applications. I have 9.2.2 currently on my G4 and I've never understood which to do? - "reinstall", "install," or "clean install"? - I have to get 9.1, then get updaters for 9.2.1, then update to 9.2.2. Thanx.
Title: re-installing?
Post by: Gregg on September 10, 2006, 09:17:22 PM
No worries. You are reinstalling the System software. This will have absolutely no affect on your documents or applications. If you're having problems that you think are a result of something amiss in the System Folder, I'd recommend a Clean Install.

When you do this, your present System Folder will be renamed to Previous System Folder (PSF for short). This preserves anything you may have customized and allows you to restore it later - but be careful that you don't infect the new System Folder (which will just be named "System Folder" after the clean install).

Restoring things from the PSF should be done one at a time, or one item per week for instance. This gives you time to use the computer and evaluate whether the last thing you "fixed" is the culprit in your problem. Document what you move back from the PSF to the new System Folder.

Good luck! smile.gif
Title: re-installing?
Post by: goodear on September 10, 2006, 11:03:04 PM
Thank you!
Title: re-installing?
Post by: chriskleeman on September 11, 2006, 10:29:00 AM
And, if you don't have it, a copy of Conflict Catcher 9 makes merging the old and new system folders pretty slick once  you've made the change, and can make finding conflicts much easier...

You can do it one at a time, which I've done, but I've found CC 9 to be very useful and much faster.

Chris K smile.gif