Reinstall Lion

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  1. Wilso1, Jun 3, 2013

    Wilso1 macrumors newbie

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    Greetings All, I have issues with my 27" iMac. If I insert the Lion disc in the drive to install it will I lose all my added applications?
    I've been advised this will iron out the issues.
     
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  2. simsaladimbamba, Jun 3, 2013

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    No Mac coming with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion or OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion has physical restore media included.

    OS X: About OS X Recovery

    If you want to make a bootable installation medium, you can follow these steps:

    Anyway, if you just do a reinstallation without formatting the volume/partition the OS is stored on, all data and applications will be left untouched.
    If you do a clean install, all data and applications will be lost.

    But then again, why have you been advised to iron out what issues? Maybe a reinstallation is not needed and even if, you can always redownload the applications you have installed or fall back onto the installers you might have backed up.
     
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  3. benwiggy, Jun 3, 2013

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    As said, there is no disk. There is a Recovery Partition instead.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4718

    Most problems can be resolved without recourse to reinstalling the OS.
     
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  4. Wilso1, Jun 4, 2013

    Wilso1 thread starter macrumors newbie

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    27" iMac issues

    Thank you for your replies.
    I tried to install Windows 7 64bit with bootcamp but after about2 hours wait ,I decided to abort the install as it seemed to have frozen.
    It did not like that 1 bit as, now , i cannot access bootcamp as it just bounces in the dock & wont let me access it. I will appreciate any advice.
    Again,Many thanks for the help.
     
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