2007 mac how to install os x on brand new hard drive mac os x#

Start up from the Mac OS X Install Disc 1 that came with your computer, and choose your language.Ģ. To install Mac OS X and the applications that came with your computer, follow these steps:ġ. Installing Mac OS X and Applications - New Hard Drive Have you tried inserting the Snow Leopard Install disc and using Startup Manager to select the Snow Leopard disc as the startup disk? Once you get started up from the Snow Leopard Install disc, the rest of the instructions can be found in the manual for your MacBook Pro. If your computer has 10.6 grey or white install disks, hold c and boot off of that, format the drive GUID OS X Extended in Disk Utility and install OS X 10.6, then update to 10.6.8, then install Lion from the AppStore (previously purchased? hold down option key and click on Purchases) Your other choice is to buy Apple's $69 Lion USB thumb drive with the whole Lion on it. Take that USB to the Mac with the new hard drive and hold option and select it to boot from, then you can reinstall Lion Recovery Partition and/or Lion with a Internet connection (good fast and reliable as it takes some time) The USB thumb drive needs to be 1GB or larger and formatted GUID OS X Extended Journaled in Disk Utility first. Your signature says your on 10.7.2, if you bought the Mac and it came with Lion, then your going to have to either use another Lion Mac and run this softwareĪnd copy their Lion Recovery Partition to a USB thumb drive.