Need to get back to OSx 10.7 after complete HD failure
I've had a complete HD failure on my first generation Intel mac pro. (I mean couldn't it have waited the extra couple of weeks I needed to order the new mac pro?)
My best guess to do this (which has hit a snag) would be the following:
1) Use my Snow Leopard install disk (most recent OS that I have physical install media) and get snow leopard installed on the new drive (done and it works--using that install now to write this).
2) log in to the apple app store, go to the "purchased items" select osx lion and hit the download/install button. (this failed)
-- lion shows up in the purchased items, but the app says that it is not available for download.
😟 so what to I do to get back to a working 10.7?
All the documentation points to a recovery partition, but that is useless in my case as the HD has failed completely (no partitions are accessable).
Much thanks in advance.
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)