Reinstall Snow Leopard without removing bootcamp

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  1. gkallivrousis, Dec 4, 2009

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    The title says it all but is there a way to do this? is it as simple as just reinstalling on the partition?
     
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  2. SolRayz, Dec 4, 2009

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    correct...I've done it several times.
     
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  3. macdim, Dec 4, 2009

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    Yep... don't touch the Windows partition and you'll be fine.
     
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  4. gkallivrousis, Dec 4, 2009

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    ok one more thing i want to reinstall but i dont want to lose my iphoto events and photos and like facebook stuff in iphoto. is there a way to back all of that up? so when i do fresh install it will be like nothing has changed
     
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  5. computergek80, Dec 4, 2009

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    You'd have to put the files back in their proper places after you do a clean install.
     
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  6. alphaod, Dec 4, 2009

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    Time Machine and then migration from the backup. Basically you'd need an external HDD.
     
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  7. gkallivrousis, Dec 4, 2009

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    i would do time machine but im reinstalling to get unneeded **** off and by proper files to u mean the iphoto library in the Pictures folder?
     
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  8. SolRayz, Dec 4, 2009

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    For iPhoto, simply copy your library onto an external disk. After reinstall put your library back in your Pictures folder, Opt-click Itunes and select library again. Simple as that.
     
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