You don't have to delete your windows partition. I restore my quite often and don't have to erase my boot camp partition.
Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Nov 5, 2012, at 4:52 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > I was at my desk, reading a book on my apex, when I heard my mac give the > startup chime. It had restarted, just hours after the last time this happened > (sometime around 10:00 this morning, and it's now about 7:30). I have > repaired disk permissions, and there were no errors. I have reset my PRam. I > have pulled out the power cord for the recommended time. As I said before, > when I am in windows this does not happen, which tells me this is probably > not a hardware problem with the Mini. If there's anything else I can try, > please let me know. Yes, re-installing OSX may have to happen, but I'm hoping > for a less drastic solution that does not involve wiping my drive before I > resort to that step, especially as I have no one whom I would trust to help > with a bootcamp/windows install at the moment. If I did have to reformat, I'd > probably forego windows for a while, but I would want it back eventually > simply to play audio games. Fusion or Virtualbox may be coming to a mac near > me relatively soon... Anyway, thanks for your continued suggestions. > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > mehg...@gmail.com > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.