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Clean reinstall Lion without the OS disc


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Old 12-26-2011, 08:07 AM
Hi, I want to erase my hdd and reinstall Lion OS on it but I do not have the installation disc with me. Can you please suggest me the best method to do this ?
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You will need to download Lion, but before any update starts - create a bootable DVD or thumb drive

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Old 12-26-2011, 08:51 AM
Why do you need a disc?

Just boot the machine pressing and holding Command + R. Lion applies a hidden recovery partition and this contains the functional equivalent of a boot disc.
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Old 12-26-2011, 12:23 PM
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