recovery macbook pro 2011 17inch

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recovery macbook pro 2011 17inch

Hi everybody

i have an early 2011 macbook pro 17 inch.

i've installed windows 7 with bootcamp and every thing was fine until i converted my disk from basic to dynamic by mistake and such a mistake will make the disk non-bootable.

fortunately i reconverted my disk to basic and ive installed my windows 7 again and it worked properly. i have downloaded OS X Mavericks DVD dmg file as well but when i put the disk in and boot from that in verbose mode it says:

AppleUSBMultitouchDriver::checkstatus - received Status Packet, Payload 2: device was re initialized

still waiting for root device

still waiting for root device 😐

i think it has nothin to do with my touchpad and problem is my disk (tell me if im wrong)

I've deleted all other partitions including windows 7 but the problem is still there and i think its about the disk not formated Journaled for mac os and the only utility for that is Recovery Disk Assistant and its only can be created from another mac device but the problem is i dont have any other mac devices to create that i just have windows and fedora clients and NO OS X !

Internet recovery not working to it shows an error: -2100F

what can i do? is there any way to create one from windows? or download an iso image of one and burn on a dvd so i can boot from that?

thank you for the time you spent 😀

MacBook Pro

Posted on Oct 3, 2014 3:37 AM

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Answer 1

OGELTHORPE

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Oct 3, 2014 3:52 AM in response to AlisinaBahadori

Have you tried using the original Snow Leopard installation disk?

Ciao.

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Answer 2

Oct 3, 2014 4:13 AM in response to OGELTHORPE

thanks for your suggestion but my MacBook Pro does not shipped with any installation disk!

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Answer 3

OGELTHORPE

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Oct 3, 2014 4:23 AM in response to AlisinaBahadori

What was the original OSX?

Did you purchase it new or second hand?

Ciao.

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Answer 4

Oct 3, 2014 4:29 AM in response to OGELTHORPE

i think it was snow leopard and i purchased new. but no disks included! 😐

So do you think the problem is formatting the drive?

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Answer 5

OGELTHORPE

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Oct 3, 2014 4:38 AM in response to AlisinaBahadori

Based on you descriptions it appears that the internal HDD should be reformatted.

An early 2011 MBP came with Snow Leopard as the original OSX and should have had the two installation disks included. It appears that you are the victim of an error on part of the seller.

With a Snow Leopard installation disk you can access the internal HDD, repair it or if necessary, reformat it. Duplicates can be ordered from Apple customer service. They will require the serial number of your MBP and there is a charge.

Ciao.

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Answer 6

Oct 3, 2014 4:51 AM in response to OGELTHORPE

actually im in iran and this kind of things are ordinary 😟

apple does not support shipping disks here either.

i've selected internet recovery again with another ISP internet and this time a progress bar appeared and i think its downloading assets for recovery.

so when it came i should just create a formatted partition for OS X Journaling and restart my MBP and put mavericks and install?

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Answer 7

OGELTHORPE

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Oct 3, 2014 5:04 AM in response to AlisinaBahadori

A Mac OSX can only be installed on a volume formatted 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled)'. See what happens with the download.

You should see if you can get access to disks locally or get access to disks and make copies of them (on a disk or USB drive). Understand that it would have to be a disk from a MBP with the exact same model identifier.

Ciao.

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Answer 8

Oct 3, 2014 5:37 AM in response to OGELTHORPE

Download Completed and i formatted my disk as you said.

but when i put my Mavericks disk and boot, nothing is changed.

i wanna shoot this stupid laptop 😟

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Loner T

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Oct 3, 2014 5:42 AM in response to AlisinaBahadori

Mavericks needs to be re-installed on the internal disk when you are in Internet Recovery, otherwise you have no OS. When you say Mavericks disk, do you also have an external disk which has Mavericks installed apart from the internal initialized disk?

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Answer 10

Oct 3, 2014 5:50 AM in response to Loner T

Im not able to set MBP free to download the whole mavericks OS from the internet recovery.

i just went into internet recovery and reformatted my whole disk to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and then i have putted mavericks installation disk that i've downloaded earlier. the only things that im suspected right now are two:

1. the disk that ive downloaded is not compatible with MBP A1297

2. Mavericks need some sort of drivers for MBP A1297 Touchpad.

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Loner T

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Oct 3, 2014 5:58 AM in response to AlisinaBahadori

The Standard Apple Install Mavericks.app can be used on any supported Mac. It should be about 4+GB from the App Store.

If you are in Internet Recovery and click on Re-install OS X, it should get the OS from Apple servers and install it on your internal drive which has been initialized.

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Answer 12

Oct 3, 2014 6:02 AM in response to Loner T

well thank you Loner T and i will try that, as a matter of fact its my last option 😐

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Loner T

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Oct 3, 2014 8:02 AM in response to AlisinaBahadori

OGELTHORPE deserves a kudos as well.

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LowLuster

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Oct 3, 2014 8:10 AM in response to AlisinaBahadori

AlisinaBahadori wrote:

i think it was snow leopard and i purchased new. but no disks included! 😐

So do you think the problem is formatting the drive?

Every Mac computer made before mid 2011 which came originally with Lion came with OS X reinstall discs.

So IF your MBP originally came with Snow Leopard installed it came with system reinstall discs. Whether you ever took them out of the box, before you threw the box away, is an unknown.

You will need those discs or a replacement set you can order from Apple at a small fee.

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Loner T

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Oct 3, 2014 8:30 AM in response to LowLuster

LowLuster wrote:

Every Mac computer made before mid 2011 which came originally with Lion came with OS X reinstall discs.

So IF your MBP originally came with Snow Leopard installed it came with system reinstall discs. Whether you ever took them out of the box, before you threw the box away, is an unknown.

You will need those discs or a replacement set you can order from Apple at a small fee.

OP has a 17-in Early 2011 MBP. According to Computers that can be upgraded to use OS X Internet Recovery the Early 2011 17-inch MBP can be upgraded to Internet Recovery.

Mac OS X versions (builds) for computers states that both 10.6 and 10.7 builds were sold.

MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2011)

Feb 2011

10.6.6

10.6.7,10.7, 10.7.2

10J3210, 10J3331a, 10J4139, 11A511a, 11C74

Also Macbook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.3 states

This update includes improvements delivered in MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.2 that enables Lion Internet Recovery from an Internet connection.

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