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Getting a hard drive back

I think I permanently deleted the hard drive (vs just erase) on my MacBook Pro. I tried reinstalling the OS but there is no drive to put it on. How do I get the drive back?

Posted on Dec 13, 2019 7:14 PM

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What exact Mac is this?


From the Internet Recovery (option Command R) or from a TM backup (option boot) or a USB bootable installer you can get to Disk Utility >View >Show all Devices you may well have to erase/format the parent drive.


Once re-formated ( earasing/loosing all data in the process) you quit the Disk Utility, then from this same Recovery you can reinstall the macOS, or restore from a Time Machine backup.


How to erase a disk for Mac - Apple Support

How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery - Apple Support




Recovery: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904

Posted on Dec 13, 2019 8:07 PM

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Dec 13, 2019 8:07 PM in response to tyler0913

What exact Mac is this?


From the Internet Recovery (option Command R) or from a TM backup (option boot) or a USB bootable installer you can get to Disk Utility >View >Show all Devices you may well have to erase/format the parent drive.


Once re-formated ( earasing/loosing all data in the process) you quit the Disk Utility, then from this same Recovery you can reinstall the macOS, or restore from a Time Machine backup.


How to erase a disk for Mac - Apple Support

How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery - Apple Support




Recovery: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904

Getting a hard drive back

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