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  1. Evergreen52, Oct 20, 2007

    Evergreen52 macrumors newbie

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    I am new to Mac I have always been a PC user so here I go with my first dumb question. What happens when you re image a MacBook, is it like formatting will I loose everything I have installed?:confused:
     
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  2. pkoch1, Oct 20, 2007

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    You'll be back to how your computer came from the store, unless you are reimaging it from a disk image you made with all your programs on it.
     
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  3. mkrishnan, Oct 20, 2007

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    What do you mean by re image?

    If you actually image the disk -- i.e. overwrite it from a disk image*/ clone, of course you'll lose everything.

    If you are re-installing the OS, you have several options, ranging from keeping the existing user directory and apps to formatting and deleting everything. Go look at the Guides section of MR to see more.
     
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