January 13th, 2012, 10:55 PM
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| Installing OS on new HD in mac book pro
Is anyone familiar with installing mac os on a new hard drive. The HD in my mac book pro quit so I replace the drive. When going through the installer steps I get to a screen "Select a Destination, Where do you want to install Mac OS X?" and in the white box nothing is listed and only option is to go back.If I go into Disk utility I see the Western Digital hard drive I installed.
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January 13th, 2012, 11:06 PM
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Does the disk utility offer you format and partition options?
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January 14th, 2012, 12:04 AM
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February 5th, 2012, 08:16 AM
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February 6th, 2012, 05:11 PM
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if a mac is any thing like a PC you would have to change the boot order ,to
get the OS install on a new drive. make CD/DVD first to boot.
next make sure operating disc is inside drive while booting.
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February 7th, 2012, 04:54 AM
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No you dont do that like in a mac, usually you just boot the mac and press the option key which will give you the option to the disc
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