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tyler0913 Author

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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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leroydouglas

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Posted on Dec 13, 2019 8:07 PM

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

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