Help! I just goofed up my computer!

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  • SurfDog
    Confirmed User
    • Jun 2002
    • 221
    #1

    Help! I just goofed up my computer!

    I just downloaded a 'tar' backup file from my server to my Mac G3 &d it goofed everything up. I can't access my email or the Internet, (I'm writing this from a different computer, nothing prints etc. What a hassle! I have a CD that says ' Software Install or Restore - To start up from this CD, hold down the C key as the computer starts up' but I'm afraid it might make matters worse.

    What do I do? Can you help?

    Thanks!

    Mike

    This email is [email protected] . I can't get email from my regular account 'cause I can't access it!
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    • iroc409
      Confirmed User
      • Jan 2003
      • 4728
      #2
      wait... how did a tarfile hose a mac??

      sounds to me your only route is the system restore. then again i don't know much about macs
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        • IntenseCash
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          • Apr 2003
          • 2421
          #3
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            • Poo-Chee
              So Fucking Banned
              • Sep 2003
              • 3560
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                • username
                  Confirmed User
                  • Aug 2003
                  • 702
                  #5
                  sorry man i don't have any recent experience with mac systems, goodluck with it and if you figure it out let us know what you did.

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                    • rowan
                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                      • Mar 2002
                      • 17393
                      #6
                      Originally posted by iroc409
                      wait... how did a tarfile hose a mac??

                      sounds to me your only route is the system restore. then again i don't know much about macs
                      If it's a newer mac then it's unix based underneath the pretty interface. If he untarred the backup into / then he's overwritten a heap of his local files. System restore is probably the way to go in this case.

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                        • iroc409
                          Confirmed User
                          • Jan 2003
                          • 4728
                          #7
                          Originally posted by rowan


                          If it's a newer mac then it's unix based underneath the pretty interface. If he untarred the backup into / then he's overwritten a heap of his local files. System restore is probably the way to go in this case.
                          lol... i guess i didn't think someone would do that we don't know this person is running osx tho, either...
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