Q: Mac OS X Lion v10.7.4: How to erase and install
I have a software problem with the recent upgrade Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4
I have backed up everything and want to erase everything on the hard drive and reinstall … however when I try to start up from the Mac OS X Install DVD by restarting with it in the optical drive, whilst holding the "C" key as the computer starts up … it just starts up as normal from the HD and thus cannot erase it?!!
Can you offer any words of wisdom at all please?
MacBook Pro, iOS 5.0.1
Posted on May 22, 2012 8:56 AM
by frederic1943,Solvedanswer
10.7 doesn't have a DVD it has a recovery partition. You start up holding the R key to access the recovery partition.
Posted on May 22, 2012 9:02 AM