On 10/24/02 12:41 PM, "Trey Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In a message dated Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Ian Ragsdale writes: > >> You should be able to re-install without having to reinstall everything. >> Since only Apple stuff goes in /System, the archive install option on the >> 10.2 disk should move the /System folder and reinstall all the system files >> without disturbing everything else. > > *Should*. My system has been acting so strangely that I'm very suspicious > of anything short of a reformat of the disk. I might give it a try, but > this has knocked me out of commission for three days, and I'm thinking > it's better to get it all over with than take the chance that at some > random point in the future it will all happen again.... > If it was me, I'd back up my Users folder and my Applications folder, and do a clean install. If you create the users with the same UIDs, you should be able to just put the Users & Applications folders back & be pretty close to where you started - most mac applications are very good about storing all preferences in the users's preferences folder. Good luck, Ian
