04-05-2012, 03:48 AM

I just purchased a new MBP 17 and upgraded the HD and RAM.

I head to the box the laptop came in and there is a user manual, cloth but no installation media. I wanted to install OSX on the new SSD, but now I'm screwed.

My last MBP had installation and application media. Is this normal for new laptops now? Am I going to fight an uphill battle going to the store and telling them the OS and application disks are missing?

04-05-2012, 04:00 AM

New Mac's don't come with disks anymore. They come with a recovery partition built in to the hard drive.

If you want to install Lion onto another HDD, you're gonna have to download Lion Recovery Disk Assistant - Lion Recovery Disk Assistant v1.0

Once you've created a "Copy" of Lion on a thumb drive, you'll be able to install Lion on your new HDD.

You could also use something called Carbon Copy Cloner - It basically creates a bootable mirror of your HDD, but I've never tested it but I believe a few members here use it as a bootable back up. You may want to check that out.

Hope that helps.

04-05-2012, 04:48 AM

Thanks for the tip, saved me from re-installing the magnetic HD

I used a USB thumb drive and Lion Recovery Disk Assistant to boot the system. I partitioned the volume and ran the Lion installation. It must be installing Lion from the internet because the OS is not on the thumb drive and I see internet activity from the laptop

04-05-2012, 04:57 AM

Yeah. The same would happen if you were to do a fresh install on your original HDD. You need to be connected to the net to do a fresh install of Lion, I believe.

Still, glad you're on the right path!