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Help! I accidentally restored Macintosh HD to OS X Base System. Didn't know that would


Help! I accidentally restored Macintosh HD to OS X Base System. Didn't know that would cause issues... I can only open my laptop through the Command+R thing with macOS Installer.


I was just trying to delete everything and start my Macbook fresh. I tried to re-install OS X Sierra, and it keeps failing. When I go to disk utility under internal, there's no Macintosh HD there's only OS X Base System.


Tried to ask Apple Support for help and they first told me to try first aid and that failed.

Posted on Apr 10, 2020 3:31 PM

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Posted on Apr 10, 2020 4:05 PM

I tried to install OS X but now I keep getting the ? Mark flashing symbol .

I tried to and when got to the system recovery spinning globe, after asking for my WiFi password to be typed, ! I attempted to type the password, ! Keys are not typing correct letters now ,

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Help! I accidentally restored Macintosh HD to OS X Base System. Didn't know that would

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