Q: erase and restoreing macbook pro

I have a MacBook Pro, when i got it it had snowlepord, but i upgraded to lion. Anyway, when i start my mac up, it will stop and just three consicutive beep's. I have seen the other communities address this problem, What i am wondering is, if i reinstal Lion through lion recovery, will all my files get deleted.

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Tman92

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Feb 23, 2012 6:57 PM

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by Kappy,

Kappy Feb 23, 2012 7:00 PM in response to tman92
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Feb 23, 2012 7:00 PM in response to tman92

It indicates a memory problem. See Power On Self-Test Beep Definition - Part 2
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by thomas_r.,

thomas_r. Feb 23, 2012 7:02 PM in response to tman92
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Feb 23, 2012 7:02 PM in response to tman92

Installing Lion on top of your existing install should not erase any of your personal files. (I say "should" because there are never any guarantees. You've gotta have backups!)

However, I believe that three beeps at startup is an indication of hardware issues:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1547
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