On Jun 10, 2010, at 5:30 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
Her system is just fine after doing an A&R.
In my opinion an A&R (archive & reinstall) isn't the most efficient way to solve a System that won't boot. Assuming the System won't safe boot, in my opinion, the most efficient way is to boot from an alternate source such as an external HD, or another Mac using Target Disk mode to mount the HD on the problem Mac, and then reinstall the latest Combo Update targeting the unbootable System. The advantage of this is that any 3rd-party System extensions are retained in the hopefully fixed System, whereas with the A&R you've got basically a clean System with your old accounts. This means you need to go into the old archived System folder and transfer anything that's not present in the new System folder; or reinstall all third-party software, a real pain in my opinion.
I reserve A&R as a last resort fix, and always try reinstalling the Combo Update first.
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