Erased hard drive

Only Macs from 2012 or older (that do NOT have USB-C porte either) can NOT start up while holding:

Option, Command, and R keys held down at startup.

You hold them down until you get a unique picture, such as a spinning globe or a Utilities screen.

The code to support this function is in the computer's ROM, and can not be erased.

Follow these instructions: If your Mac starts up to a question mark - Apple Support

Restart from the recovery system or install disk you used to erase the system and install a fresh OS.

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Restart with the Option, Command, and R keys held down. If your computer's model or firmware is too old for that function, you need a physical disk.

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ErasedHD wrote:

Tried that no help.

At what step did it fail? Errors?

Do you have any other macOS Devices that you could use to create an install drive?