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macswitcha2

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Oct 18, 2008
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Is leaving it in ok as I erase my hard drive, and install snow leopard? How can I guarantee that my external hard drive won't be erased?
 
I've always followed the advice to dismount and unplug any external drives before doing any kind of system updates.
 
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