Chuck Stinnett wrote:
> on 9/22/02 11:02 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > I have a Power Center Pro 180 with a G3 processor upgrade. Now I want to
> > upgrade my system from the original bundled 7.6.1 to 8.6 (I am afraid to go
> > to 9.x or X because most of my software is old). I was told that I had to
> > upgrade FWB Hard Disk Toolkit from the original bundled 2.0.5 to the
> > current 4.5 to do the system upgrade, so I purchased and dowloaded it
> > online.
>
>
> > Originally tech support at FWB told my I could just update my
> > drivers and leave the hard disk data intact; now they say that because the
> > original version was earlier than 2.0.6, I will have to reformat my entire
> > hard drive., which I definitely do not want to do.
>
> Is it only because of the hassle of backing everything up that you don't
> want to reformat? A good backup is a good thing to have anyway. And some
> believe that a reformat is the best way to reduce woes when upgrading to a
> new OS, regardless of disk driver issues.
>
> Indeed, a backup would be recommended advice.
>
> All that Mr. Stinnett is telling you is good advice. Reformatting can save you a lot
>of conflict
> solving & restarts. Dumbass me didn't - when upgrading to OS 9.0.4 from OS 8.6 from
>8.5 from 8.1
> from 7.6 and later to OS 9.1. It was a major endevor to weed out all the old
>extensions,
> preferences and other Conflicters hiding in the system Folder. Some went back to OS
>8.1 !!!
> Cleaning out the preferences' and Extensions from Old Share Ware, DEMOs & Obsolete
>apps is the
> cheapest way to speed up your Mac.
REFORMAT
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