I think my hard drive crashed, oh my. First, let me say that all my data is backed-up on a cloud drive or on my network drive. So, I am good there. The computer is now completely inoperable, can't start up, not even in safe mode.

Question: Q: How to install os x in new HDD Hello.I am from India and have bought my macbook pro around 1 and a half year ago.Now my hard disk crashed and bought a new one.So how would i install os x on it without disk.As old HDD is not working and i have downloaded os x from mac app store.Please help. Mac OS X Installation Basics SATA Drive. Verify that the correct hard drive is selected in the left column. Australia / New Zealand (English) India.

Just goes to Apple grey screen and then shuts down, that Issa far as I can get. Does not even play the start-up chime anymore. Question I have is this: I did not make a bootable start-up drive (dumb), so when I get a new drive to replace this, how will I get the OS on it to start- up and get the new drive ready? If you don't get a startup chime then you may have a worse problem.

Just be prepared. What year is your MBP? From 2011 onward you would use Internet Recovery. Earlier you would need to install the original software that came with the computer on software restore DVDs.

Internet Recovery Install Mavericks, Lion/Mountain Lion Using Internet Recovery Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive. Boot to the Internet Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND-OPTION- R keys until a globe appears on the screen. Wait patiently - 15-20 minutes - until the Recovery main menu appears. Partition and Format the hard drive: 1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button. After DU loads select your newly installed hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.' S ID and size) from the left side list.

Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.

Quit DU and return to the main menu. Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion. Minecraft for free full game mac. Mavericks: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks and click on the Install button.

How to partition external hard drive. Besides, you can format an external hard drive for Mac and Windows by converting HFS+ to FAT32 or exFAT without losing any data. Step 1: Backup Data in HFS+ Partition on Mac. Just transfer all useful files out from the external hard drive to other devices on Mac. Of course, if you have a backup already, ignore this step. Possibly the best solution to using a hard drive with both Windows and Mac without the use of third-party software is creating two partitions on the drive, one for Windows and one for Mac.

Be sure to select the correct drive to use if you have more than one. Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.

This should restore the version of OS X originally pre-installed on the computer. DVD Installation: Clean Install of Snow Leopard Be sure to make a backup first because the following procedure will erase the drive and everything on it. Boot the computer using the Snow Leopard Installer Disc or the Disc 1 that came with your computer. Insert the disc into the optical drive and restart the computer. After the chime press and hold down the 'C' key. Release the key when you see a small spinning gear appear below the dark gray Apple logo.

After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select the hard drive entry from the left side list (mfgr.' S ID and drive size.) Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window. Set the number of partitions to one (1) from the Partitions drop down menu, click on Options button and select GUID, click on OK, then set the format type to MacOS Extended (Journaled, if supported), then click on the Apply button.