Q: Install a recovery disk?
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Sep 11, 2015 3:10 AMby OGELTHORPE,Have your data backed up.
Try this: Boot the MBP with the OPTION + COMMAND + R keys.
The result should be a display with a revolving globe.
This will connect you to the Apple servers.
By following the directions, you will be able to install the ORIGINAL OSX that the MBP came with (with the recovery partition).
Then you can reinstall Yosemite.
A solid Internet connection will be required.
Ciao.
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Sep 11, 2015 5:12 AMby tomasr,I'm sorry - the new internal drive I installed DOES have the Recovery Disk on it, after all. I was looking for it as a partition (through using Disk Utility), but it not visible that way - instead I needed to look at About This Mac>System Report> SATA/SATA Express>... under the disk report is listed the partitions AND the Recovery Disk.
So I'm back where I started - unable to get to the Recovery Disk by using CMD+R at start-up, and I don't know why.
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Sep 11, 2015 10:02 AMby OGELTHORPE,I should have asked this first, I need to know the exact model/year MBP that you have.
Use this to find the serial number:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204347
Enter the serial number here and post back the model/year information:
https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do
Ciao.
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Sep 11, 2015 11:09 AMby OGELTHORPE,tomasr wrote:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009)
Thank you. That is what I suspected. No Internet recovery for a 2009 MBP.
Have your data backed up.
I recommend that you start fresh from the beginning. You will need the original installation disks and/ or the white Snow Leopard retail disk:
http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
Erase the HDD and install Leopard or Snow Leopard/
After you have Snow Leopard installed, run the Snow Leopard combo update:
https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399?locale=en_US
That will meet the requirements for Yosemite which you can download from the App store or your account.
Ciao.
