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Did I just Reistall Mac OS X?

Asked by monsoon (2528points) January 14th, 2009

I put the install CD in with the intention of looking at the repair utilities that are on it, but did not see them. I opened the black X icon, and it had a button to restart.

I thought perhaps that this utilities menu was only available upon booting from CD, so instead of doing this manunally, I clicked the restart button, and now it appears that my OS has been reinstalled. Is this the case?

I can’t eject the CD, and… It’s asking my to choose a language.

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PupnTaco's avatar

Keep going until you see a menu bar at the top and select Disk Utility.

You haven’t reinstalled the OS. When you’re done with the utility, select Restart from the Apple Menu and eject the disk.

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monsoon's avatar

Mkay I figured it out. Had to quit and boot to my usual startup disk

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monsoon's avatar

Yeah, I just had to go one screen further and all was well. I was just afraid to. Thanks though :)

I was about to be in the doghouse.

On the plus side, I found those utilities I was looking for.

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ctferrarajr's avatar

no, you have not. you have just booted from in the install cd. don’t worry, before you install any operating system there is more warning then that.

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