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Parents accidentally loaded start up disks on new IMac
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What do you mean by "loading"? ...Did they perform an upgrade, or archive & install, or erase & install?
Either way, it's not going to hurt anything.
Either way, it's not going to hurt anything.
If you were using Time Machine you could go back to the last full backup and reinstall. Otherwise if I reading this correctly your parents already re-installed Leopard?..
Yes... I believe they Re-installed Leopard, but now that they are in the middle of everything it is telling them that they have 2 hours to go. (just on the first disk) Should they just continue to load the second disk as well? (I am not at their house to see what the disks actually include) I am just afraid that they are going to screw up the entire computer.
Worst case senario: they'll just have to do an Erase & Install and waste a little more time.
I take it that the iMac is brand new?
I take it that the iMac is brand new?
Don't be worried. Like I said, if this extra install does somehow screw up the OS then just have them pop the startup disc in again and choose "Erase & Install." Once it's finished it'll be like they just turned it on for the first time.
That's what we're here for and I'd love to hear! Good luck walking them through it ... I know how that can be with parents!
Although, depending on the option they chose, there may now be a folder named "previous systems" located in Macintosh HD.
You can delete this, if it's there.
You can delete this, if it's there.