OS X Restore Question

[agentelrond]

Hi,
I recently did a restore on my MBP (OS 10.7.3) by holding down CMD+R and selecting the option that SHOULD have installed a clean version of the OS. However, after the process finished, what I ended up with was a state that I had saved in Time Machine. The weird part was, my Time Machine backup drive wasn't even connected when I did the restore. While my laptop is restored to (more or less) a state that's all right, why did this happen? Why was it restored to a save point and not the clean installation that should have happened? How can I restore to the base installation that has none of my apps installed?

Thanks,
AE

 

[Weaselboy]

Because you did not erase the disk first. If you just reinstall like you did it does not erase apps or data.

Do a command-r boot again and start Disk Utility then erase Macintosh HD. Quit Disk Util then click install OS and that will give you a clean install with nothing but the OS on there.

 

[agentelrond]

Thanks!

Worked perfectly!