Good to know, that makes this easier. What happens to my user data, such as 
apps, app settings, music, and everything else in /applications or the ~/ 
folders? What I mean is, does this do some sort of in-place install, or does it 
format the osx partition and reinstall everything?
On Nov 5, 2012, at 7:53 PM, Chris Bruinenberg <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
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> 
> 
> 
> On Nov 5, 2012, at 4:52 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> 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)
>> [email protected]
>> 
>> 
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