Reinstalling os X 10.5.8 with no disk

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Reinstalling os X 10.5.8 with no disk

I was given an old macbook that has 10.5.8 installed. It runs very slow so I want to wipe it and reinstall os x. However the disk tray is broken so I was wondering if I could do it without the need for that. I know that 10.5.8 doesn't have a recovery feature so I'm finding it difficult to find a definitive solution online.

My thoughts are that I could partition the hard drive and reinstall the operation system from the partition but I'm not the most savvy mac user so I'm not entirely sure how to do that. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Apr 25, 2016 10:39 AM

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Answer 1

Niel

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Apr 25, 2016 10:42 AM in response to colm140

Mac OS X 10.6.8 and earlier can only be reinstalled from a DVD.

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regenad

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Apr 25, 2016 11:42 PM in response to colm140

two days ago-THIS SYSTEM TOLD MEDA THERE WAS AN UPDATE -THAT JUST TOOK ME OVER 5 MINUTES TO TYPE!

WORDS KEEP DISAPPEARING. I CANNOT EVEN SGET THE SERIAL NO # ANYMORE.

THAT.

I WANT SOMEONE T ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS-I T SHOULD NOT BE MY RESPONSIBILTY.

! DO Y I CANNOT EVEN TYPE A MESSAGE. AND WILL FILMT W TSEvenGS....

I AM NOT PAYING FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS SENT TO ME BY APPLE STORE~that now i type a message or get tek help!

R SEE ????JUST DISAPPEARS! AM I HACKED/I WILL FILM THIS & SEND. OR PUT ON UTUBE

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Answer 3

regenad

Level 1

8 points

Apr 25, 2016 11:47 PM in response to Niel

WELL THEN WHY WAS I NOT GIVEN ONE WHEN PURCHASED FROM MAC OF ALL TRADES?

AT LEAST W/WINDOWS YOU CAN GO SOMEWHERE ON YOUR OWN TO REPAIR.

T

JUST KEEPS

DISSEAPPEARING-HOPE SOMEONE IS GETTTING A GOOD LAFF!

IT SUREN' ISN'T ME THAT CAN'T EVEN TYPE A SENTENCE. HOW'S THAT FOR AN UPDATE?

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