The only thing is: if you want to do a restore instead of a clean install, even of just the Mac side, you want to be sure that whatever is causing the problem just doesn't get reinstalled or set again. So if it were me, I would lean to erasing the Mac partition and clean installing instead of any kind of restore. Then you can maybe troubleshoot what causes the problem if it starts happening again.
-- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Nov 5, 2012, at 6:57 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> 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] >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> 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 [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > [email protected] > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
