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I was just wondering if a full system restore can be harmful or if it's good to do every once in a while to get that "fresh" computer feeling. I just re-installed OSX and everything feels like new but was just wondering if this is bad for the hard drive or something.

Thanks!

Hi, and welcome to Info-Mac!

I've done a system wipe a few times on various Macs, and nothing has ever gone wrong with my hardware as a direct result of that. So long as you keep the OS X disc in it's cover, and protect it from damage, and you keep the Mac on a level surface (so it doesn't drop off the sofa/get kicked when on the floor) then no damage whatsoever should be done to the system.

Out of curiosity, did you do a fresh install or did you do an Archive Install?

Your hard drive won't be negatively effected by formatting and reinstalling the operating system, although doing this is usually unnecessary.

You know on windows XP you can go back and see the items and stuff you were looking at. "How do you do that on a MacBook?

mexa wrote:You know on windows XP you can go back and see the items and stuff you were looking at. "How do you do that on a MacBook?

I wish I knew what you meant by this? Items you were looking at?