I would use the original Snow Leopard disks to get a clean install, use Software Update (or download a combo update) to get to 10.6.8, then go to Mountain Lion from there. Here is a link that tells you how to upgrade:
http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/
I would not download it to your Windows laptop. Somewhere in the directions it will tell you how to put it on a flash drive, and that's a good option for future installs.
Jackie
Moorhead, MN
On Nov 4, 2012, at 1:07 PM, Tony wrote:
> I am now using an iMac, my first MACOS experience. It was left to me by my recently passed away Auntie. It is 2009, Snow Leopard.
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> I wish to install Mountain Lion, but I also wish that to be a clean install, as Auntie had two profiles, I only know one password, and I woudl like to start with an as new, out of the box OS.
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> I've read that there may be more issues upgrading then clean installing, is this true. I believe I have the Snow Leopard disks, do these have rego codes as Windows does?
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> Can I download Moutnoan Lion on my Windows laptop, via iTunes, as a file that can be rin form DVD?
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> Cheers all
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> PS
> I am a newbie, so sorry if any of this is basic
>
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