Q: damaged HD
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Jan 12, 2013 10:48 AMby eleventhree,thanks a lot for your unbelievably qui h answer (thanks to Kappy as wel).
but please I stile need help because I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "running off of an external drive":
does it mean the internal HDD has been replaced by an external one?
thanks again
anita
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Jan 12, 2013 11:16 AMby Jeff Nitschke,Here is a pretty straight forward step by step for installing Mac OS on an external Hard Drive:
http://www.wikihow.com/Install-Osx-Lion-on-an-External-Drive
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Jan 12, 2013 12:12 PMby eleventhree,I've checked the instructions (thanks again).
yet I still have a problem, because I can't get to the menu it shows (i.e.: selection of a disk to install Lion/partition it/install).
when I start the iMac, I can only start from the install disk, and then I can only install the operative system on the external disk, without partitioning it.
do you think it will work anyway?
thanks
anita
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Jan 12, 2013 12:27 PMby Jeff Nitschke,Apple's link
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3910?viewlocale=en_US
You should see a screen similar to this:
Disc utility will allow you to format the disc
