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Q: Installation instructions for installing El Capitan on a new SSD Hard drive on a Mid 2010 MBP

I'm replacing the HD in my mid 2010 Mac Book Pro.  I have a late 2014 iMac in addition to a I phone 6 plus.  How do I do a clean install of El Capitan on my new SSD in my Mac Book pro?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Jul 30, 2016 9:06 AM

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Q: Installation instructions for installing El Capitan on a new SSD Hard drive on a Mid 2010 MBP

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  • by leroydouglas,

    leroydouglas leroydouglas Jul 30, 2016 9:21 AM in response to Wickpick
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    Jul 30, 2016 9:21 AM in response to Wickpick

    Boot into internet recovery use the Disk Utility to format the drive, and install the OSX from recovery as well

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718

     

    Other options besides a clean install How to create a boot clone

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    Grant Bennet-Alder Grant Bennet-Alder Jul 30, 2016 10:31 AM in response to Wickpick
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    Jul 30, 2016 10:31 AM in response to Wickpick

    If you remove the old drive, you remove Recovery partition as well, and then you have no Recovery to achieve the Install. Macs after about 2011 have Internet Recovery, but you are limited to re-installing the ORIGINAL (as shipped) version of MacOS from there. You MAY be able to do a Time Machine full restore from there.

     

    I prefer to make a bootable USB installer stick on an 8GB thumb drive and DiskMaker X.

     

    Be sure you have a Trusted Backup before proceeding.

  • by Wickpick,

    Wickpick Wickpick Jul 30, 2016 10:39 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder
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    Jul 30, 2016 10:39 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

    I backed up all of my info before the old hard drive crashed completely.  It had been going bad (Partial black screen for 6 months) 

     

    Could I down load El Capitan from a USB port on a windows computer and then put the Thumb drive in my MBP for reinstallation or would it be better to take the MBP to the apple store and let them do a new clean installation, after I install the new SSD? My MBP is a mid 2010 and they no longer work on equipment this age.

     

    I have the new Lacie external hard drive purchased from the app store so hopefully my backed up info will not be polluted.  I don't know if a faulty hd could pollute a back up drive.

     

    Thanks for your advice!

     

    Mel

  • by leroydouglas,

    leroydouglas leroydouglas Jul 30, 2016 10:59 AM in response to Wickpick
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    Jul 30, 2016 10:59 AM in response to Wickpick

    From Internet Recovery (restart holding the option command R) you can format the new drive, also from Internet Recovery you can install the OS X that shipped with your Mac,  then you simply update  through the App store on reboot to the EL Capitan.

     

    If your Lacie external drive is a boot clone you can boot from there and use DiskUtility to format the installed new SSD.

  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Jul 30, 2016 11:12 AM in response to leroydouglas
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    Jul 30, 2016 11:12 AM in response to leroydouglas

    leroydouglas wrote:

    also from Internet Recovery you can install the OS X that shipped with your Mac,

    A 2010 MBP came with Snow Leopard disks as the original OSX.

     

    Ciao.

  • by leroydouglas,

    leroydouglas leroydouglas Jul 30, 2016 11:22 AM in response to OGELTHORPE
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    Jul 30, 2016 11:22 AM in response to OGELTHORPE

    OGELTHORPE wrote:

     

    leroydouglas wrote:

    also from Internet Recovery you can install the OS X that shipped with your Mac,

    A 2010 MBP came with Snow Leopard disks as the original OSX.

     

    Ciao.

     

    Good point.

     

    However if the firmware is up to date Internet Recovery should be feasible .

    Computers that can be upgraded to use OS X Internet Recovery - Apple Support

     

     

    I'm replacing the HD in my mid 2010 Mac Book Pro. I have a late 2014 iMac in addition to a I phone 6 plus.  How do I do a clean install of El Capitan on my new SSD in my Mac Book pro?

     

    Other options would be use the iMac to download the el capitan installer and create a bootable SDcard installer.

     

    The bootable installer has a DiskUtility to format the new SSD.  Should not be an issue.

     

    Create a bootable installer for OS X - Apple Support