2006 MacBook Pro - OS X Reinstall Issues
Hi, another question regarding the 2006 MacBook Pro (1,1 Core Duo) I recently bought second hand..
Fitted a Western Digital 250GB HDD from another HP laptop laying around, formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and a fully functioning hard drive as I know from it's former role in the Windows laptop.
When I picked this MacBook Pro up last night, it had a tiny 80GB HDD with Snow Leopard installed - that is now formatted and a Windows 7 HDD in the HP laptop.
I have two install DVDs, both official. 1) The gray one from a Mid 2009 white MacBook with 10.5 Leopard , 2) An Apple Store Snow Leopard DVD.
With the new HDD fitted in the MBP, I boot from the Snow Leopard DVD to try install it to the MBP. Getting the message 'Mac OS X cannot be installed on this computer' and another line stating 'Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard must be installed first' < not exact phrasing.
So I boot up from the Leopard DVD and get the same message 'Mac OS X cannot be installed on this computer'.
I have a feeling this could be because it's a gray white MacBook disk and indeed too new as such for this machine, but am not sure. I have tried a number of HDDs so I doubt this is a HDD problem.
Any ideas on what I should do? I would like to run Snow Leopard (as it's the latest I can on the 1,1 MBP model) as a backup Mac in my home.
Thank You,
Shane Bunting
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), MacBook Pro 15" 2006 Original