HT3910: Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard: How to Erase and Install

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Brice Galloway

Q: I used the Mac os x 10.5 drop in disk

I'm trying to erase my hard drive to sell my MacBook and well I used the drop in disk to help with this. I dont have the gray disks that came with my computer. Any who I ran it erase and reinstall the os and at the last second it failed to install. Now when I start my computer with the disk it'll try to down load the os and it says that I don't have an OS X version 10.4 or higher on my computer. So basically I don't have a operating system on my MacBook. It's empty. Any body? Help!?

 

It is a white 13 inch MacBook.

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Posted on Jun 14, 2012 12:34 PM

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  • by BGreg,

    BGreg BGreg Jun 14, 2012 2:17 PM in response to Brice Galloway
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    Jun 14, 2012 2:17 PM in response to Brice Galloway

    That's the problem with those upgrade disks, they require that you have the prior operating system installed, or they don't work. You can call Apple support to find out if they still have a replacement set of original OS X disks available and what the cost is.  Otherwise, your least cost alternative, if your system supports it, is to buy Snow Leopard for $29, which is just the operating system, and install that. It does not include the iLife programs. 

     

    If you need to install 10.4, you can probably buy retail disks in the used market, or this vendor has unopened Apple software.

     

    Anybody who knows macs shouldn't touch your system without the original OS X disks, as that's theonly way they get the Apple hardware test, not to mention OS X and the iLife programs.