OS X :: How To Perform A Clean Leopard Install Using The Upgrade DVD?

Nov 2, 2007

I'm so annoyed regarding the broken Entourage <-> Exchange SSL root cert situation that I feel I must let others know of the following...

To perform a fresh / clean installation of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard to a totally blank/formatted hard drive using nothing but the upgrade DVD, do the following:

1. Boot from the Mac OS X Leopard Upgrade DVD (hold 'c' while booting).

2. Notice that the check for previous will fail (and "Continue" button is grayed out).

3. Choose the option of restoring from a Time Machine backup and go as far as you can (note: if you do actually have a Time Machine backup, pretend that you don't - making sure you've already removed any backup drives you may have plugged in).

4. Now go back to (almost) the initial screen.

5. Notice the "Continue" button is no longer grayed out...

6. Install Leopard while drinking a beer.

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Just to be clear here I don't want to archive and install; I just want the only thing to stay: my music. If I can just back it up to my ipod before I wipe my HD for reinstalling then that's cool.

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Aug 4, 2009

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Aug 25, 2009

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Aug 29, 2009

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Aug 16, 2009

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Like most, I was debating whether or not to just upgrade to SL, or do an Erase and Install. I decided to try both and note my findings and post my steps below. Running a Unibody Macbook Pro. 2.93 GHz, 4GB Ram. The clean install is running a LOT smoother than the straight upgrade.

The first thing I did, was run a full Time Machine backup on Leopard, just in case the worst happens. In my backups, I exclude all VMs and System Files. Once the backup was complete, I went ahead and ran the SL upgrade. The installation process was very smooth. Took about 48 minutes to complete. When the system finally booted up again, I noticed that many aspects of the OS were running a lot slower than they should have, and I was experiencing many of the 'bugs' you guys have noted.

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-Asian characters floating around the OS.

I decided to give a clean install a shot. either install Leopard, then run the SL update, or an Erase and Install from the SL disk. But DO NOT restore your backup until SL is fully installed. Now, once SL is back up and running, head into your Migration Assistant and start your restore. This took about and hour and a half to complete. Once that was complete, I gave the system a reboot and checked things out.

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-Overall a much more flawless OS.

For all I know, some of you may be happy with your straight SL upgrade, but I've read many threads where people have been noting 'bugs' which I experienced as well, before the clean install. If you have the time, and patience, I definitely recommend running a backup, then an Erase and Install of Leopard/SL.

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I've also done my research on this matter. I've gone thru a few steps i tried as below without success: 

1)normal install - fail

2)repair permission - fail

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4) install using another admin acc - fail

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6) used a similar disc(my dad's since we have identical version) - fai

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I would like to install OSX onto the external drive but I'm not sure how things should be sequenced. I've never partitioned a HD before; should this be performed first? How's this for a sequence:

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