Clean install of Lion in Recovery Mode - Easy?
I've been looking at different ways of getting a clean install of Lion on a machine that:
- Has Lion already installed
- Can boot into Recovery Mode
Is there a problem with the following, simple procedure:
- Boot into Recovery Mode with the usual cmd+R; connect to WiFi.
- Open Disk Utilities and erase/reformat the 'main' Partition on the Hard Disk
- Once a new, fresh partition has been created, get back into the main Lion Recovery dashboard
- Choose the Install Lion option pointed at the fresh partition.
Can someone confirm, please, that this should work, and that I won't be left with an empty partition on which Lion will refuse to re-install....?!
thanks
mark
PS If this makes a difference, I'm likely to need to do this on an iMac that was purchased with Snow Leopard, then updated to Lion in the usual App Store way; it's been reinstalled via Lion Recovery but not a clean install; the problems it has still persisted and I think it's time for a clean slate