murat119

Q: how to reinstall in recovery mode?

Hello...I had both elcapitan and windows 10 installed but in order to free up disk space(too much music files) i erased the contents of the macosx with Disk Management in windows........now i have no use for music files ....and i open with pressing alt there's the recovery mode...but when i try to reinstall elcapitan from internet it shows my Bootcamp drive (which has windows) and a recovery partition (which is 650 mb).....

Now,i have a 160 gb hard drive the partition which had music files before cannot be seen ....

Besides that,i cannot install macos to bootcamp because it is locked....i looked at some threads ..the journaling option is greyed out....

And,worst of all,my optical drive is broken  down....How can i install elcapitan in these circumstances?

Any help would be appreciated

.......İ have a macbook 2009 model,160 gb HD,2 GB ram

MacBook, Windows 10, bootcampdoesnt work withwindows 8.1

Posted on Jan 18, 2016 6:15 AM

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  • by pedro d,Solvedanswer

    pedro d pedro d Jan 19, 2016 11:40 AM in response to murat119
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    Jan 19, 2016 11:40 AM in response to murat119

    Hello there, murat119.

     

    It sounds like you are wanting to reformat the drive on your MacBook. The following Knowledge Base article offers up some different options available to you:

     

    How to reinstall OS X on your Mac

     

    Erase your drive and install OS X

    Generally you don't need to erase your startup disk to reinstall OS X. The OS X Installer is designed to allow you to perform an install in place over the same version or earlier versions of OS X. If you're transferring your Mac to a new owner, you might want to erase your built-in startup disk before reinstalling OS X. 

    Important: Before you erase and reinstall, back up your important files. If you’re using a MacBook, MacBook Air, or MacBook Pro, make sure the power adapter is connected and plugged in while performing these steps.

    You can use these steps to erase the files on your startup disk and install a new copy of OS X:

    1. Before you begin, make sure your Mac is connected to the Internet.
    2. Restart your Mac. Immediately hold down the Command (⌘) and R keys after you hear the startup sound to start up in OS X Recovery.
    3. When the Recovery window appears, select Disk Utility then click Continue.
    4. Select the indented volume name of your startup disk from the left side of the Disk Utility window, then click the Erase tab.
    5. If you want to securely erase the drive, click Security Options. Select an erase method, then click OK.
    6. From the Format pop-up menu, select Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Type a name for your disk, then click Erase.
    7. After the drive is erased, close the Disk Utility window.
    8. If you’re not connected to the Internet, choose a network from the Wi-Fi menu.
    9. Select the option to Reinstall OS X.
    10. Click Continue and follow the onscreen instructions to reinstall OS X. 

    Additional options

    If you want to reinstall the version of OS X that came with your Mac, or if you need to reformat your entire startup disk, hold down Command-Option-R at startup instead. This starts your Mac from Internet Recovery.

    If you have more than one partition (like Boot Camp) and you want to erase the entire startup disk, you can use Disk Utility to remove partitions or repartition your drive. Start your Mac from Internet Recovery, then use Disk Utility to repartition your startup disk before you erase it. Make sure you back up any important data from all partitions before repartitioning a drive. 

     

    Thanks for being a part of Apple Support Communities.

     

    Cheers.

  • by Grant Lenahan,

    Grant Lenahan Grant Lenahan Jan 19, 2016 9:53 AM in response to murat119
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    Jan 19, 2016 9:53 AM in response to murat119

    Hello,

     

    First, make a clone of your windows drive so you can restore it later or at least get at the files.  I'm nto an expert on windows but there are utilities that make exact clones. Search for one. and make one.

     

    Next, boot your mac from the recovery partition. It *should* work if you hold "option" down while booting. If not, you may need to revert to internet recovery. Look that up on apple.com - or call Apple

     

    Finally - CAREFUL!--DON'T DO THIS AGIAN :-)

  • by murat119,

    murat119 murat119 Jan 19, 2016 11:48 AM in response to pedro d
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    Jan 19, 2016 11:48 AM in response to pedro d

    Thank You so very much Pedro.I did the steps You advised  me and now the Mac OS X elcapitan is downloading.l somehow thought I had done those steps before but somehow I must have forgotten to format in the right way i.e. Journaled ..I hope nothing gets problematic in the instllation step.Thank you i didnt think I could reinstall it because tho I have the disks the optical drive is broken have a good day! And thanks Grant too!

  • by pedro d,

    pedro d pedro d Jan 19, 2016 2:31 PM in response to murat119
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    Jan 19, 2016 2:31 PM in response to murat119

    Hello again, murat119.

     

    Thanks for reaching back out. I'm glad the information was useful in helping you complete the reinstall of OS X.

     

    Sincerely.