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I had to format and reset my macbook air .. was then unfortunate to delete the entire hard drive. when I reinstall the machine there is no hard drive to put software on. can it be fixed?

I had to format and reset my macbook air .. was then unfortunate to delete the entire hard drive. when I reinstall the machine there is no hard drive to put software on. can it be fixed?


Posted on Feb 1, 2022 3:26 AM

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Posted on Feb 1, 2022 8:21 AM

You need to restart in Recovery, use disk utilities, erase and format to APFS and start over.

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I had to format and reset my macbook air .. was then unfortunate to delete the entire hard drive. when I reinstall the machine there is no hard drive to put software on. can it be fixed?

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