Recently I deleted most of the files in. The "MACINTOSH HD" section in finder. My computer froze and the mouse turned into a spinning colorful ball. Because it was so slow I decided to turn it off. When I tried to restart the computer, the apple logo appears ALONG WITH a flashing file symbol with a question mark in side of it, and also a prohibited symbol. I need solutions to get the items in "MACINTOSH HD" back onto my computer in order to restart it again. Thank you
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You have deleted everything which is in the OS X volume, so now you haven't got any operating system installed. You have to reinstall Mac OS X.
If you were using Mac OS X Snow Leopard or older, insert the Mac OS X DVD, hold the C key while your Mac is starting and reinstall Mac OS X. If you were using OS X Lion or Mountain Lion, hold Command and R keys while your computer is starting, and reinstall OS X
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
You have deleted everything which is in the OS X volume, so now you haven't got any operating system installed. You have to reinstall Mac OS X.
If you were using Mac OS X Snow Leopard or older, insert the Mac OS X DVD, hold the C key while your Mac is starting and reinstall Mac OS X. If you were using OS X Lion or Mountain Lion, hold Command and R keys while your computer is starting, and reinstall OS X
Where do I find the DVD?
It should have come with your MacBook. If you don't find them, call Apple to get replacement DVDs > http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57
Oh thank you soooo much!!!! I can't explain how relieved I am!!! Wow I thought I screwed up my laptop. Thanks again
You are welcome
Uh oh! Now there is another problem. Yikes! It says there is not enough space on the Macintosh HD drive
This problem isn't so good, because you have to erase the drive now in order to have Mac OS X installed again. Go to Utilities menu > Disk Utility, select "Macintosh HD" on the sidebar, go to Erase tab and erase the drive.
Another thing you can do is to create a second partition on the hard drive, and install Mac OS X there > http://pondini.org/OSX/DU3.html Then, after installing, open Finder, select the old OS X partition and delete the files you don't need, so you will be able to install Mac OS X now
If I erase the drive will it erase work on things such as iMovie or garage band?
It will erase everything. However, you can reinstall those applications using the Applications DVD or the Mac OS X install Disc 2
But even if I reinstall the applications will my previous work be lost forever?
Correct
Daammnn..... Well thanks anyways. Have a nice day
You are welcome
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