on a late 2009 17in MacBook Pro, the HD had a sector failure leading to replacing the HD now how do I get the 10. . os reloaded
MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1), hard drive sector fault
Do you have the original install media that came with your machine? That would be one way: use the DVD to boot from, format the new hard drive and then reinstall the OS. You can then update/upgrade to 10.11.
Other than that, your model did not qualify to have its firmware updated to allow internet recovery which is the only other way I know of - at least the only other way besides a bootable clone you made before your drive failed.
Computers that can be upgraded to use OS X Internet Recovery - Apple Support
You do need to remember to partition/format your new drive first.
on a late 2009 17in MacBook Pro, the HD had a sector failure leading to replacing the HD now how do I get the 10. . os reloaded
