Can't see my hard drive only disk0 and OS X Base System. Yosemite
Dumb me trying to restore a MacBook for the very first time I decided to erase the drives, so now I am left with disk0 and Base OS X System. Trying to install Yosemite to be exact.
Dumb me trying to restore a MacBook for the very first time I decided to erase the drives, so now I am left with disk0 and Base OS X System. Trying to install Yosemite to be exact.
How did you get to this "restore mode?" Do you know what version of OS X was installed before you erased the drive? I suppose you could try doing a network recovery:
Internet/Network Recovery of El Capitan or Later on a Clean Disk
If possible back up your files before proceeding.
This should install the original version of macOS installed at the factory. If you plan to exchange it, then once the OS is installed, quit the installer. Do not start the Setup Assistant.
If the above cannot be accomplished because there is no disk, then the disk is dead.
How did you get to this "restore mode?" Do you know what version of OS X was installed before you erased the drive? I suppose you could try doing a network recovery:
Internet/Network Recovery of El Capitan or Later on a Clean Disk
If possible back up your files before proceeding.
This should install the original version of macOS installed at the factory. If you plan to exchange it, then once the OS is installed, quit the installer. Do not start the Setup Assistant.
If the above cannot be accomplished because there is no disk, then the disk is dead.
If the laptop is using a third party SSD, then you need to be booting from macOS 10.13+ since the older versions of macOS do not have the necessary drivers for an NVMe SSD.
Edit: Try booting into Internet Recovery Mode using Command + Option + R to access the macOS 10.15 Catalina installer. Or create a macOS 10.13+ USB installer:
A good guess is the HDD has died. Do you have an external drive from which you can boot the computer? How did you erase the drive? Do you have a Software Restore DVD that came with the computer when it was new? If so, boot from the DVD and use Disk Utility to verify there is a disk. If there is, then format it before trying to install OS X.
I just bought this used from Amazon a week ago. It's a mid 2014 MacBook Pro. I erase the drive when I was in restore mode I believe. Sorry this my first time using Apple computers.
I wanted to return it for a better one so I thought I'll restore it while I'm at it.
Can't see my hard drive only disk0 and OS X Base System. Yosemite