Reinstallation Worries

spiffsterspiffster
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
I'm wondering about how OS X does its reinstallation . I know I'm supposed to just follow the CD as usual, but what does the installation actually do. Will it erease my applications folder or other root folders? Will I be able to keep my user folders and prefrences?

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 5
    jante99jante99 Posts: 539member
    Depends if you decide to reformat the hard drive or not. If you don't I think the OS X installation leaves you home directory alone and only replaces the system files.
  • Reply 2 of 5
    spiffsterspiffster Posts: 327member
    Yeah, I'm not going to reformat the drive, just reinstall the software. By system files, do you mean the "System" folder, or other folders besides that?
  • Reply 3 of 5
    jimdadjimdad Posts: 209member
    I've just reinstalled 10.2 and then back up to 10.1.5. It only seems to replace certain system files. Password, prefs, docs etc were fine.



    Be warned though,if you look at the Apple discussion boards you'll see that problems have occurred for some when reinstalling. My printer driver disappeared off the face of the earth and i cant reinstall it. Other than that evertything seems fine.
  • Reply 4 of 5
    spiffsterspiffster Posts: 327member
    Good, because all I need to do is reinstall the tcsh shell. Damn thing got corrupt and ereased itself. I heard i shouldn't worry though, its a common problelm that gets fixed when you reinstall.



    By they way, you mean 10.1 not 10.2 right?
  • Reply 5 of 5
    jimdadjimdad Posts: 209member
    I wish <img src="graemlins/embarrassed.gif" border="0" alt="[Embarrassed]" />
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