Setup guide

Selecting Installation Options

When you select the volume where you want to install Mac OS X in the Select a

Destination pane, the Installer selects how to install the software:

•

If Mac OS X is installed on the volume, the Installer will upgrade the software.

•

If Mac OS X isn’t installed on the volume, the Installer will install the software for the

first time.

Click the Options button to change the way Mac OS X is installed.

Important:

If you erase the destination volume, all your files will be erased. If necessary,

quit the Installer to back up your files before you erase the destination volume.

This is selected if Mac OS X is

installed on the volume.

This is selected if

Mac OS X isn’t installed

on the volume.

Select this to reinstall Mac OS X.

If you erase the destination

volume, choose the format here.

In most cases, choose Mac OS

Extended (Journaled).

Select this to erase the

destination volume and

install Mac OS X.

Be sure this is selected to save

your current settings.