When the Mac user opts to reinstall the operating system, may be due to its crash or to get rid of some system problems or to switch to better file version, the installation disc gives you several options to do so. Some of which are data soothing, while some may force you to think of Mac data recovery.

The Option button, which appears while choosing an installation destination, gives you the following three choices:

' Upgrade to Mac OS X, Install Mac OS X: Any of these options may appear; based on the fact which version is there on the selected volume, if it is the earlier one, Upgrade option will be there, while in the case when no system software is there, Install option would be your only choice. The upgrade doesn't interact with most of the system settings and applications and takes lesser amount of time. If few parts of the operating system are missing, Upgrade option will be the single choice.

' Archive and Install: You should choose this method when you are having problematic MAC OS X. This will refresh the system software as the whole by moving all earlier System files to a folder called 'Previous System'. The process is comparatively safer from data point of view, but requires more amount of disk space so as to store two Systems on the same hard disk. This Option gives you choice to preserve your user and network settings, prior to reinstallation and also omits the Setup Assistant. The option proves fruitful to resolve the current issue when the important files have been backed up.

' Erase and Install: This is the least secure option as far as the data is concerned. This completely erases all what is present on the destination volume and then install OS. So always remember to backup all of the important files, residing there, unless to fall for Mac recovery. As this doesn't preserve any settings and also deletes third party software, the option appears little tricky, but still is the fastest option to reinstall.

In any case, if you get stuck up with file loss situation, need not to worry as data recovery Mac software have the help. If your backup is not being productive or has got failed,  Mac data recovery software are the tools which can help.

Through Mac recovery utilities, not even the data files but even the system files can be recovered. They follow up a scanning procedure and extract out the lost files in a safe and effective manner.

Stellar Phoenix Macintosh Data Recovery recognizes each type of file and applies the most powerful scanning algorithms for data recovery Mac. The software is read-only for safe  Mac recovery and possesses an interactive interface.

Applicable to HFS, HFS+, HFSX and HFS Wrapper file systems; this Mac data recovery application attains the maximum goals with its indigenous technology.

About the Author:

Simpson Raid is a freelancer for Stellar which offers data recovery software and file recovery programs for different OS and file system.