I would like to perform a complete erase and install, but i am without install discs. I understand how to perform this task with a flash drive, but do i have to purchase lion from the app store? i did not upgrade to lion it came pre installed. I would like to erase everything on the hard drive and begin again.
Lion Erase & Install
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Hold down cmd and R at boot. This is the lion recovery method
OS X Lion: About Lion Recovery
prepare for a 2-3 hours of OS download once you start install after format.
OS X Lion: About Lion Recovery
prepare for a 2-3 hours of OS download once you start install after format.
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What member Dysfunction suggested to you can also be used to erase the disk and then proceed with the reinstall. Use Disk Utility from the Recovery Partition to erase the disk first.
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Sadly I can confirm this. I've had to do it. Then I complained when I had to bring the iMac back to the store for a physical replacement. Evidently the networked method of recovery is unpopular with more than just myself.
Reformat?
Friends I am new to this particular forum and searched for my topic and found this thread.
I have a followup question that I need an answer to: when installing/reinstalling Lion to a new drive, unformatted [but the same question I think applies to a botched install or other hard issue] - when the Erase/Install switch is invoked, does it wipe, remove partition info, and re-partition and reformat the drive? I am doing this on an iMac 20 and just trying to ascertain if I need to FIRST format the HDD before even attempting the install.
My understanding [from article on burning lion to bootable device on lifehacker...] is that all the tools/utilities are available on the boot /install image so I assume the disk utility can be invoked to do what needs to be done??
thank you for your help
Friends I am new to this particular forum and searched for my topic and found this thread.
I have a followup question that I need an answer to: when installing/reinstalling Lion to a new drive, unformatted [but the same question I think applies to a botched install or other hard issue] - when the Erase/Install switch is invoked, does it wipe, remove partition info, and re-partition and reformat the drive? I am doing this on an iMac 20 and just trying to ascertain if I need to FIRST format the HDD before even attempting the install.
My understanding [from article on burning lion to bootable device on lifehacker...] is that all the tools/utilities are available on the boot /install image so I assume the disk utility can be invoked to do what needs to be done??
thank you for your help
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Erase then format Mac OS Extended (Journalled) into Partition, select single, go to Options and make sure GUID is selected, then back to Installer and proceed.
Erase then format Mac OS Extended (Journalled) into Partition, select single, go to Options and make sure GUID is selected, then back to Installer and proceed.
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