Wednesday, 25 July 2012

How to Restore Factory Settings on a Mac Computer Running the Snow Leopard Operating System


Restore your Mac computer running the Snow Leopard operating system back to its original factory settings if viruses or missing system files have caused your computer to become unstable. Restoring the computer will completely remove any viruses that may have taken hold of your computer. Restoring your Mac computer running the Snow Leopard operating system will also restore any system files that may have been deleted as a result of adding and removing programs to and from your machine.


Instructions

1.      Turn on the Mac computer then place the OS X installation DVD that came with the computer in the machine's optical drive. If you are using a MacBook Air, plug the Reinstall Drive into an available USB port on the laptop.
2.      Restart your computer and hold down the "C" key while the computer is booting up to boot up to the OS X installation disc or the Reinstall Drive.
3.      Select the language you want to use for your keyboard then press the right arrow key on the keyboard.
4.      Click "Utilities" in the toolbar along the top of the screen then click "Disk Utility." Click the primary hard drive, typically named "Macintosh HD," then click the "Erase" tab. Click "Erase," then click "Erase" again to verify that you want to erase the hard drive and begin the process of erasing the hard drive. After the hard drive is finished being erased click "Quit Disk Utility."
5.      Click "Continue" when the installation screen for OS X Snow Leopard appears on the screen. Click "Agree" to accept the license agreement.
6.      Click the hard drive that is being pointed to by a green arrow to elect to install the operating system in that space. That will be the space you erased in the previous steps. Click "Install" to begin the installation of the operating system. Click "Continue" when a dialog box appears on the screen telling you the installation is complete.
7.      Click "Restart" to restart the computer and begin setting up and personalizing your computer.

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