Is it safe to install it on my drive? Has anyone had any problems with it? And is there any way to create a partion without erasing a drive...and if so can you get rid of it without erasing a drive?
i have two partitions, i have OS X, and 9 on each, if i install this on my biggest partition with all my files and OS X goes wacko, all my files will be safe but i cant start up off that drive in 10 right?
i have a 40gb hd, i have a 5gb and a 35gb...5gb has OS X and 9 on the 35gb has 10 and 9 also but if i install it on the 35gb partition and it messes up i dont loose files, just the ability to start off that version of X until i fix it right?
so, here is the dilemma... technically, Mac OS X *is* software. You're also asking questions that constitute a tech support issue, and those go in the Genius Bar, but theoretically you probably shouldn't even have the build, and if you should, you should be under NDA
Then on the other hand, since it is about Mac OS X, I can just move it to the Mac OS X Forum and let it's moderators deal with it; keep my forums clean
<strong>Then on the other hand, since it is about Mac OS X, I can just move it to the Mac OS X Forum and let it's moderators deal with it; keep my forums clean
Moving now...</strong><hr></blockquote>
<img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> I love that response to a problem. Just pass it on
To quote Homer Simpson: "Can't somebody else do it?"
You should be able to install it on any of your drives and if it does mess up you should be able to boot into another OS. There is always a chance it will mess up the files on the drive that it is installed on, so i would be sure to have those files backed up. YOu should have everything on all three drives backed up, especially when using unreleased SW.
My suggestion would be to move everything from the 5GB drive to one of the others and then install 10.2 on the 5 gig. It just keeps things simple and 5 gigs is easier to move around than 35.
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i have a 40gb hd, i have a 5gb and a 35gb...5gb has OS X and 9 on the 35gb has 10 and 9 also but if i install it on the 35gb partition and it messes up i dont loose files, just the ability to start off that version of X until i fix it right?
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Then on the other hand, since it is about Mac OS X, I can just move it to the Mac OS X Forum and let it's moderators deal with it; keep my forums clean
Moving now...
<strong>Then on the other hand, since it is about Mac OS X, I can just move it to the Mac OS X Forum and let it's moderators deal with it; keep my forums clean
Moving now...</strong><hr></blockquote>
<img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> I love that response to a problem. Just pass it on
You should be able to install it on any of your drives and if it does mess up you should be able to boot into another OS. There is always a chance it will mess up the files on the drive that it is installed on, so i would be sure to have those files backed up. YOu should have everything on all three drives backed up, especially when using unreleased SW.
My suggestion would be to move everything from the 5GB drive to one of the others and then install 10.2 on the 5 gig. It just keeps things simple and 5 gigs is easier to move around than 35.