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Clean install / Upgrading
Perhaps this has been covered previously. I can’t tell becuase I’m having a hell of a time trying to search here in COW. It could be the crappy computer (PC) I’m using right now. Or just me.
Anyway.Wondering if anyone’s got advice, or even a step by step guide for going to Tiger,FCP studio, QT 7, Etc. I’ve heard Walter (creative genius), and others, mention that the only way to go is a clean install. It take this to mean wipe the hard drive and array to nothing, and start from scratch. But wiping the system scares me. Format hard drive is generally something to avoid right?
Is there some OS way to save parts of the hard drive to a large firewire drive (i’ve got one), and re-install some aps from there? Or do I need to have each and every install disk handy.
What preferences/plug ins/hidden folders/whatever, should I make sure to save out and bring back later.
If this is covered in detail already, my apologies. Just direct me to the post, becuase I can’t seem to get there myself.Thanks in advance.
BrAd
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Brad,
A clean install is the only good way to fly. And, with hard drives so cheap these days, just get yourself a brand new hard drive and pull the old one just in case you mess up, which you probably won’t do anyway. If things get funky just throw in the old one and work away until you can get professional help. BTW, check prices on http://www.newegg.com and you’ll be blown away…
DRW
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Here is a tip on that by the legendary Jerry Hoffman:
https://proapptips.com/tips/article.php?story=20050921071841473
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Brad,
I may have just been lucky, but I performed an upgrade on my dual 2.5 G5 and have had no problems whatsoever. I just had so many other programs and plug-ins already installed, I couldn’t see spending an extra week reinstalling everything from scratch (not to mention having to re-enter all the 30 digit keycodes!). I figured if I did experience problems, I would just face the tedium then! I did do a clean install on my dual G4, as it was my FCP backup machine during the early days of FCP 5!!
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