[DM-MUG] Odd message

[Victoria L. Herring]

first, I assume you have a harddrive and are backing up and cloning 
it so that if something goes wrong you are able to recover what you 
need/want.  If not, that would be the lst step, having an adequate 
backup drive. And to have that a bootable clone.

Then you need to decide what type of install to do = I used the Take 
Control eBook on upgrading to Leopard, an excellent expenditure of 
$10 [I think] which walked me thru the process and explained it to me 
easily.  ANd well.

The writer of that book advocates Erase/Install but if that is not 
feasible, ARchive/Install is a good option.  But in either case, 
doing a safety clone backup is essential [I did two].  Erase will 
clean off the whole drive and Install will put on a fresh new Leopard 
system == then you use Setup/Migration assistant to move back stuff 
from the cloned backup -- so NO you do not need to reinstall all the 
apps etc == some you will, some you will need to find drivers for 
etc. and some you will need to put in the license numbers again.

So far all my apps work but I haven't put them all through their paces yet.

I really think with all your Q you would be wise to get the 
TAkeControl book and read it and then walk thru the steps =- it 
answers all your questions and anticipate some as well.  It explains 
all the things you should do before you even start to do an 
upgrade/install...and having carefully taken those steps things seem 
to go fine for me now.

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Victoria L. Herring, Attorney in Des Moines, Iowa -  Civil rights, 
Discrimination & Employment Law, http://www.herringlaw.com.  Ph. 
515/255-4475;  iChat AV:  victoriaherring at mac.com;  Skype:  vlherring.