Bunged up DVD drive prevents loading Snow Leopard

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Bunged up DVD drive prevents loading Snow Leopard

My 15" 2007 2.2GHz Intel Core Duo MacBook Pro w 2 Gs of RAM has a bunged up DVD drive. The drive just kicks out any disc put into it. Not sure if it was the fall that bent the housing just a tad or if it was the porter that spilled onto the keyboard 2 years ago. Never the less the machine runs well except I upgraded to Mavericks and now it runs like a brontasaurus because it just doesn't have enough RAM or free disc space. I want to loose Maveriks and go back to 10.6 to speed things up. It's mainly launching apps that take a long time. Once things are running it seems to do ok but I don't need the bells and whistles Mavericks offers and just want my snappy laptop back.

The question is. Can I use my 17" 2007 2.4 GHz intel Core Duo with 4 GB RAM and a working DVD drive to do the deed, if so how do I connect it? Firewire 2? USB 2? or Ethernet cable? How should I tell the Mac's what I'm trying to do? Right now both machines are running Mavericks.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2), 2.2/2GB/120GB

Posted on Apr 22, 2014 9:27 PM

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OGELTHORPE

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Apr 23, 2014 4:56 AM in response to Jake Ziller

Set up the two MBPs in target disk mode:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1661

Insert the installation disk on the 17" MBP and when you have to select the HDD for the OSX installation, choose the 15" MBP HDD.

Ciao.

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Apr 23, 2014 4:58 AM in response to Jake Ziller

Can I use my 17" 2007 2.4 GHz intel Core Duo with 4 GB RAM and a working DVD drive to do the deed,

I would use target disk mode with a firewire connection. The iMac that needs the OS would be the target, the other the host. Directions are here: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1661

The hard drive of the target computer will be mounted on the host's desktop. Installing the OS is the same as always; you have to select the correct drive when the installer asks you where to install.

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Kurt Lang

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Apr 23, 2014 6:42 AM in response to Jake Ziller

If you don't have access to another Mac you can use in Target Disk Mode, then just get an external DVD drive. Ones that read only (no burn capability) are as cheap as $10.

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