reformatting imac 10.4.11

[michell]

Hi,

Trying to reformat my 2007 imac.

Currently have: 10.4.11 tiger with a partition that contains windows xp. I use bootcamp and parallels, etc with this system.

Want: To start fresh (after saving my programs and files etc.) and wipe everything and reinstall. I have an upgrade to 10.6 snow leopard and I still want a windows partition but don't have my windows disk/key anymore.

How do I go about this? I need allll the instructions b/c I have no clue at the moment and am not that computer saavy. I'm assuming I need to buy Windows again? And then reformat/ install my 10.4.11, and then use the upgrade for 10.6?

Thanks.

 

[djackmac]

You can use a program like Winclone to make a clone of your Windows side and restore it after you load 10.6 and set up your bootcamp partition.

For the Mac side you want to go to disk utility to create a mountable disk image of the current state of your drive so you can utiize the Mac OSX migration engine to restore your apps, files, and settings when moving everything back onto the 10.6 partition.