new os on same partition/drive

[bored911]

ok i have a SERIOUS problem, i re-installed osx due to an optical drive problem, now there is only one gig of space, which means that the other osx must still be on there! i did an archive and install, so someone please help!

 

[darkcurse]

Before you did the archive and install how much space was left? Archive and install basically keeps your files and settings in a folder and then reformats the computer. Essentially giving you a clean slate. The previous OS is gone but your data is still there.

 

[bored911]

Before you did the archive and install how much space was left? Archive and install basically keeps your files and settings in a folder and then reformats the computer. Essentially giving you a clean slate. The previous OS is gone but your data is still there.

there was 5 gigs. how do you import all that stuff? btw thanks for the tips

 

[darkcurse]

It should be under user -> Previous Home or something to that effect.

 

[bored911]

It should be under user -> Previous Home or something to that effect.

and what should i do with it though? i understand it's there but is there anything to do to import it quickly

 

[darkcurse]

Just import the stuff back into your current home directory and delete the stuff thats not necessary. I'm not sure whether there's a quick way to do this or not...

 

[bored911]

thanks so much, one last thing, how do i switch users, because i don't like messing with my home folder, so i was wondering if i could switch back to the old user. thanks again!

 

[darkcurse]

I'm not sure if you could do that. I've personally never done that before so I'll leave it up to the more experienced people to answer

 

[bored911]

oh well, thanks a lot!