Hi, I accidentally copy the image from Mac OS X Base System to my main drive so now I cant delete it because it's locked. Every options under Erase are grayed out when it boots into Mac OS Disk Utility. Is there a way I can deleter/erase it because I want to move forward and install a clean copy of Mac OS X Tiger DVD that I have.
Thanks
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6)
Drive Preparation
1. Boot from your OS X Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
It shows only 1 partition and wont let me create it. It said "This is th startup partition. You cant erase it." And the partition is 160gb. Basically, it's my entire HD.
Did you boot from your installer disc? "1. Boot from your OS X Installer Disc." This means the DVD.
it always boots to Mac OS X Utilities. How can I select it so that it will boot to installer disc?
Booting From An OS X Installer Disc
1. Insert OS X Installer Disc into the optical drive.
2. Restart the computer.
3. Immediately after the chime press and hold down the "C" key.
4. Release the key when the spinning gear below the dark gray Apple logo appears.
5. Wait for installer to finish loading.
It still boots to Disk Utility for me. Did I miss anything? Thanks.
Boot Using OPTION key:
Note that the installer DVD you have must be able to boot your computer. Unless your MBP came with the Tiger DVD you are trying to use, the DVD will not boot the computer.
Thank you! I'm able to erase that partition and create an new empty one but my OS Tiger dvd is not bootable. Is there away to work around it?
No. You cannot erase an active startup drive. To erase the startup drive you must boot from an installer DVD or from an external drive that has a bootable system. If this isn't possible then you need to purchase a Snow Leopard DVD that may be ablle to boot the computer or use the original DVDs that came with the computer.
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