Hello! As the title states, I plan on reformatting my mbp. I'm quite new to this so I really need your help. My mbp came with leopard but I later on upgraded to snow leopard. Knowing that I bought it as an upgrade, I should install the leopard cd that came with my mbp. This is where i'm getting confused, should i install all the updates before installing snow or can I immediately pop in snow and install it? And what else should I keep in mind when reformatting? Thanks in advance!
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reformatting my mbp
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If you got the 29 DVD, then you don't need to pre-install Leopard, just use the Snow Leopard DVD to re-format and re-install.
If you got the 29 DVD, then you don't need to pre-install Leopard, just use the Snow Leopard DVD to re-format and re-install.
yes i got that one, but isnt it requires that you have leopard in order to install it, how then would it detect that? btw, i plan to do a clean install
No, it does not require a previous installation of any Mac OS X version.
You can use it as if it were your restore DVD or a retail version (which it is btw), so no need to have Leopard on it.
Just pop in the SL DVD, erase the HDD and re-format it, install the system and remove the DVD. If you want iLife to be installed, you need the second gray restore DVD that came with your Mac.
Also MRoogle (my sig) and Google will tell you the same, if you want further confirmation.
if that's the case, then great. it would save me a lot of time, haha. i was under the impression that i had leopard to be preinstalled. thanks for the help!