Removing OS X

**DeathWolf** · September 13th, 2000, 12:13 PM

So let's say I install os x beta on my main hard disk alongside the existing os 9, and decide, after a few weeks, to remove os x and go back to a purely classic environment... is this possible to do? Is it easy to do? am i taking too much of a risk installing os x BETA on my main drive with all my important files on it? would it be any safer with a partition? thanks in advance..

-dw
=)

**Barney** · September 13th, 2000, 01:24 PM

I have read in other forums that there will be an uninstall option that will return you to OS 9 with your original system folder etc....

**BeigeG3Master** · September 13th, 2000, 02:57 PM

OS x might not leave your hard drive as before. be warned when installing it on your main partition

**MacFan** · September 13th, 2000, 10:20 PM

I've used the beta and when I removed it there were still hidden folders on my OS9 partition. They appeared when I ran Norton on OS9 and I couldn't get rid of them so I just reformatted and reinstalled OS9.

**sfgoth** · September 16th, 2000, 04:37 PM

You can just boot back into Mac OS 9, and throw as much of Mac OS X as you can find into the trash. There will still be some invisible things that get left behind, but they won't affect your Mac OS 9 system.

-pmb

**joseph** · September 17th, 2000, 10:03 PM

I had a problem with OSX and tried to uninstall it, and reinstall. However, the invisible files that are left behiend are keeping the Re-Install from being complete. It seems to install successfully, but when it starts up instead of going through the setup assistant and asking me for my login and password as a new user on a fresh install, it just wants to know my login and Password. I try to login, it just sits there and the screen flashes. So, i guess I'll have to blow away my drive and start from ground zero. This really SUCKS!

**joseph** · September 18th, 2000, 10:55 PM

I solved my own problem, I found by using Resedit that there were indeed hidden files left on my main drive from the attempts to Re-Install OSX. I could see them with Resedit but could not delete them. So I went looking on Macdownload.com for a program tht would let me find and delete hidden files and I found the best piece of software that YOU MUST HAVE if you are going to play around with OSX Public Beta.

It's called Ghost Hunter 1.5 and after cleaning house with GH 1.5 I found that the Re-install went as beautifully as if I had Nuked my HD and started from scratch.

**achaney** · September 21st, 2000, 03:07 PM

Originally posted by joseph
I had a problem with OSX and tried to uninstall it, and reinstall. However, the invisible files that are left behiend are keeping the Re-Install from being complete. It seems to install successfully, but when it starts up instead of going through the setup assistant and asking me for my login and password as a new user on a fresh install, it just wants to know my login and Password. I try to login, it just sits there and the screen flashes. So, i guess I'll have to blow away my drive and start from ground zero. This really SUCKS!

Try using File Buddy to get rid of all the invisible files. Get it form download.com. It's the coolest HD file utility program I've ever used. you can search for and delete any invisible file or folder you want!