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This can be a Time Machine backup or a clone of your startup drive.

A backup of your current startup drive.

A Mac that meets the minimum requirements for OS X Mavericks.

The OS X Mavericks Installer, available from the Mac App Store.

What You Need for a Clean Install of OS X Mavericks This works fine for the upgrade install and the non-startup drive install, but it doesn't allow you to erase your startup drive, a necessary process if you want to perform a clean install. Instead, you run the installation app directly on your Mac under the older version of OS X. Unlike the older versions of OS X that were distributed on optical media, the downloaded versions of OS X don't provide a bootable installer. However, when it comes to performing a clean install of Mavericks on a startup drive, the process is a bit more difficult.

The OS X Installer can perform both an upgrade install (the default) and a clean install on a non-startup drive. Screen shot courtesy of Coyote Moon, Inc.