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- MSI Gaming 3 Z97
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Hello everyone,
I've had a look through the existing forums and struggled to find a similar problem/query. It may have already been answered and I haven't found it.
I've had some trouble with my existing mackintosh build with audio outputs becoming unrecognised following sleep and the system crashing when certain elements are present on websites.
I was recommended to do a fresh install of the MacOS and I'm happy to do so. I am mindful that I have a lot of personal data, family photos, that sort of thing on there and wouldn't want to lose them.
Currently my boot drive is an SSD with a separate HDD for storage.
I assume that if I disconnect the Storage drive during the fresh install, all that data effectively remains untouched? - Can I then also just drag and drop any files from my SSD onto the HDD that I also wish to keep?
My other thought was creating a true back-up disk or potentially using time-machine - I then thought that both of these options were at risk of bringing back the unstable system from before?
Is there any advice or suggestions on what I should do please? I suspect I'm just being overly-cautious
Many thanks,
Sam
I've had a look through the existing forums and struggled to find a similar problem/query. It may have already been answered and I haven't found it.
I've had some trouble with my existing mackintosh build with audio outputs becoming unrecognised following sleep and the system crashing when certain elements are present on websites.
I was recommended to do a fresh install of the MacOS and I'm happy to do so. I am mindful that I have a lot of personal data, family photos, that sort of thing on there and wouldn't want to lose them.
Currently my boot drive is an SSD with a separate HDD for storage.
I assume that if I disconnect the Storage drive during the fresh install, all that data effectively remains untouched? - Can I then also just drag and drop any files from my SSD onto the HDD that I also wish to keep?
My other thought was creating a true back-up disk or potentially using time-machine - I then thought that both of these options were at risk of bringing back the unstable system from before?
Is there any advice or suggestions on what I should do please? I suspect I'm just being overly-cautious
Many thanks,
Sam