I TRIED TO RESET MY MACBOOK WITHOUT USING ANY BACK UP , AFTER I ERASE ALL THE CONTENTS ON THE HARD DRIVE OF MY MACBOOK I IMMEDIATELY PROCEED TO REINSTALLING THE SOFTWARE BUT BECAUSE IT ALWAYS SHOW A MESSAGE OF ERROR I TEND TO TURN IT OFF AND WHEN I OPENED IT BLACKED SCREEN WITH A QUESTION MARK FOLDER SHOWS .
MacBook
Since you do not specify the OS X version involved or if you were restoring an older OS X from
DVD official install restore media, the answers would vary depending on the means attempted.
Usually a question mark and folder on the screen implies a failed startup; a lack suitable boot
system available to the computer. Did you see if the Startup Manager could find any part of
a failed installer? Did you erase the entire hard disk drive, or just the Macintosh HD partition?
• If a flashing question mark appears when you start your Mac - Apple Support
The OS X Recovery in systems 10.7 and later, rely on a partition in the computer's hard drive.
How did you erase the hard drive, and was the computer running an OS X later than Lion 10.7?
A newer computer would try to use 'internet recovery' if the hard drive were new or not have
the recovery partition installed on it; that would be mentioned along with other details here:
• OS X: About OS X Recovery - Apple Support
If there may be an existing partition in the hard drive this would show it. Note other options...
• How to choose a startup disk on your Mac - Apple Support
• Startup key combinations for Mac - Apple Support
Please detail the computer, the OS X, the means of re-installing, and any processes used
and the article cited as example of those processes; perhaps there was a step over-looked?
Good luck! 🙂
{PS: note that capital letters imply 'shouting' so they are avoided.
Unless the keyboard is broken and that is the only way it works.}
SOFTWARE PROBLEM
