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Q: will this install the OSX to FRESH HD with NOTHING

So I successfully did was was listed in this article. (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372) When I install this USB into the computer with the new HD will it install a the OSX onto it? PLEASE REMEMBER that the new HD has NOTHING on it.

MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2008), there is NO OS on my NEW hard drive

Posted on Feb 16, 2016 4:11 PM

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Q: will this install the OSX to FRESH HD with NOTHING

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  • by Allan Eckert,

    Allan Eckert Allan Eckert Feb 16, 2016 4:13 PM in response to Thehumanburrito
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    Feb 16, 2016 4:13 PM in response to Thehumanburrito

    How is the disk drive formatted?

     

    It must be formatted as HFS+ with GUID partition mapping in order for the installer to recognize it.

  • by Niel,

    Niel Niel Feb 16, 2016 4:13 PM in response to Thehumanburrito
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    Feb 16, 2016 4:13 PM in response to Thehumanburrito

    Yes.

     

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  • by Thehumanburrito,

    Thehumanburrito Thehumanburrito Feb 16, 2016 4:19 PM in response to Allan Eckert
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    Feb 16, 2016 4:19 PM in response to Allan Eckert

    I did Disk Utility and selected my drive and "erase" with option OS X Extended (Journaled)

     

     

     

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  • by Drew Reece,

    Drew Reece Drew Reece Feb 16, 2016 4:27 PM in response to Thehumanburrito
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    Feb 16, 2016 4:27 PM in response to Thehumanburrito

    You are looking at the USB stick - you probably want to look at the format of the 'Apple SSD' assuming you want to install onto the internal disk of of the Mac.

    You can't alter that USB stick because the computer is running from it. Please explain your aim if this doesn't make sense. It is not clear which disk you want to install OS X onto.

  • by Thehumanburrito,

    Thehumanburrito Thehumanburrito Feb 16, 2016 4:29 PM in response to Drew Reece
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    Feb 16, 2016 4:29 PM in response to Drew Reece

    I have the Bootable USB El Capitan.

    I have a Macbook Pro 13 - 2008 with a fresh never used HD since my older HD crashed before I could copy/clone, and I have zero back ups.

     

    What I want to do is get my MBP with a HD and no OSX to have an OSX. That is why I made this bootable USB.

  • by Drew Reece,

    Drew Reece Drew Reece Feb 16, 2016 5:39 PM in response to Thehumanburrito
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    Feb 16, 2016 5:39 PM in response to Thehumanburrito

    Connect the USB stick to the Mac in question

    Boot from the USB stick by holding 'option' (a.k.a. 'alt') at startup.

    Select the 'install disk' when it appears & click the arrow to continue.

     

    Select Disk Utility from the list of options that appears.

    Select the disk you want to reformat (Apple SSD is the internal disk, Toshiba is your external disk).

    Use the Erase tab to create a new 'Mac OS Extended (journaled) disk' - give it a name so you know which disk it is, the installer will change this anyway.

     

    When that completes quit Disk Utility & select the option to (re)install OS X.

    Select the disk you just formatted as the destination.

     

    That should get OS X installed on your disk.

     

    It isn't clear to me which disk you want it on so disconnect all the external disks that you do not need - it is easy to install to the wrong one.