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Old November 2nd, 2006, 03:42 PM
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Reinstalling os9 with osx partition

Okay, i have os9 and osx installed on one drive, can i reinstall os9 without any formatting of my osx os?
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Old November 2nd, 2006, 03:48 PM
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i put in the system restore disc and chose backup and install and now i can't get back into osx.

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It just sits on the white screen with the apple because i had to hit the x key to get into osx. How do i get it back into os9?
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Old November 2nd, 2006, 04:08 PM
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Old November 2nd, 2006, 04:09 PM
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okay let me check.
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Old November 2nd, 2006, 04:11 PM
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It had a hard drive with an X next to it and I clicked the right arrow and now it has the white screen again with a circle and a line through it.
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I rebooted again and same thing only shows me the one drive with the X on the hard drive and won't boot in osx. Damnnn!!!
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