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I was trying to wipe my MacBook and I’ve deleted the internal system Macintosh HD when in disk utility I can’t see any internal option only disk images. I’ve tried to download OS and as I don’t have an option for an internal storage it won’t let me download. When I load up the MacBook I get the file with a ? In it and I have to boot through internet recovery.
Follow these guidelines during installation:
Follow these guidelines during installation:
If your Mac starts up to a question mark
A folder with a flashing question mark means that your startup disk is no longer available or doesn't contain a working Mac operating system.
If the question mark appears only momentarily before your Mac starts up normally:
If the question mark persists, follow these steps:
Literally on disk utility now all I see is disk images. There isn’t an option for storage. And when I’ve tried to re done the OS it won’t let me as there isn’t a drive available.
ive gone into command panel and searched diskutil it’s not showing that drive at all. Starts at 1 not 0
When in Disk Utility, go to the View menu and make sure 'Show all devices' is ticked. By default, it sometimes only shows volumes, and you have deleted those, not the disk.
Thank you I’ve been on to apple support. I’ve not tried the NVRAM change as it keeps booting internet recovery option. I’ve deleted the file so in DU I can only see disk images. My friend at Apple Park said I’m best to take it in and they can re code it back to normal as he said it doesn’t seem to be damaged as I’ve tried delete something I shouldn’t. So confused! I’ve got an appointment tomorrow I hope they can sort it for me.
SMC Reset and perform this action 3 time consecutively ( One Bong, Second Bong, Third Bong ) then release the three key combination
Yes I think so I accessed it via disk utility.
Judging from what you have tried - your best bet if have Apple Genius fix this issue.
It has work fine for me many times but skill level is different
Have you done the same where you have deleted drive before? So it doesn’t show anything in internal only in disk images? Honestly I’ve looked online and can’t see anything on how to fix it.
I’ll try and have a look at that one and see if I can do it I just don’t want to ruin it anymore not that I think I can to be honest since I’ve deleted the internal drive
Deleted Macintosh HD and internal drives in disk utility HELP!!
