Q: Can't install OSX!
Hi there,
Earlier today, I accidentally wiped my entire HDD (diskpart clean). That's right: no more MAC side and no recovery partition. I have a Macbook Pro Mid-2009 that was given to me a month ago. I don't have the Mac OSX installer disk.
I tried to install Windows 8 and 10 but both installers get stuck at the Windows Logo. I made a bootable USB of Yosemite OSX (from a friend's Macbook Air). That too stalls. I have tried two different usbs. Right now, my 120GB SSD hdd is configured for Windows. It's empty because the windows installer failed.
I'm at a loss of what to do. What's going on?
Mac Pro (Late 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)
Posted on Aug 12, 2016 12:45 PM
Ok this will work! Access your friends computer with the working Mac Osx. hold Command + R on boot up. Go into disk utility and find the USB drive format it as a Journaled bootable partition. Then go into the icon that says install mac + version. Do this and be sure to select the USB drive. This will make it bootable. P.S I have done this before. Then you must take that drive out after it has installed and put it into your broken machine. Press Option at startup and hold it down. You then must select the usb drive. Your mac will boot slowly because of the USB speeds and the fact that the
Lake Port chipset or the Core 2 Duo does not support USB 3.0. Upon boot up you will need to go through all of the apple steps to set up your mac. When you get into the os open up disk utility and find the internal hdd that is broken. first do a first aid on the hdd and then format it. Format the drive multiple times (two is good enough) to make sure that it worked. Then shut off your mac and enter Recovery mode once again. This time when you go through the mac osx install you must select the hdd and it should install for you! GLHF! P.S this problem has happened to me countless times and this has worked for me every time.
Posted on Aug 12, 2016 2:38 PM