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Old 01-30-2012, 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by outafterdark View Post

I got a second hand macbook very reasonably, however it did not come with it's original discs. the machine was running 10.8.5 I believe.
Probably 10.5.8

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Originally Posted by outafterdark View Post
I borrowed a friends 10.6.1 discs- also from a Macbook and when I tried to install, I was informed this would not work. Fair enough.

The disc now loops between the useless restore section; which I dont understand well enough to see if I'm doing something wrong, and a white screen with a grey folder marked ? if the disc isn't in.

Is there any way I can sort this using these discs? I don't want to spend any more money ideally, I can't afford to. Please, let me know!
Bottom line is you need a proper OS install disk...like this for a measly $29 bucks:

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Apple Store (U.S.)

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