Hi I am having problems installing my new seagate 750gb harddrive to my 2010 Macbook pro.
I don't have the installation disc because i lost it. I recently upgraded to Mountain Lion anyway and it says on the apple website that I can use a downloadable recovery disk but that this will only work on a hardrive that has recovery on it.
I am basically confused as to how to proceed.
Do i need the original installation disk or can i use this downloadable version?
Do i need to format the new hard drive first?
How do I do this?
I have everything backed up on an external hard drive with time machine so once the new hard drive is up and running i can copy it i'm just unsure what to do before all that.
Sorry if these questions are ridiculously stupid and im looking like a **** here its just i went on a few threads and a video and i'm none the wiser.
Forgive the ignorance.
Thanks for any help!
I don't have the installation disc because i lost it. I recently upgraded to Mountain Lion anyway and it says on the apple website that I can use a downloadable recovery disk but that this will only work on a hardrive that has recovery on it.
I am basically confused as to how to proceed.
Do i need the original installation disk or can i use this downloadable version?
Do i need to format the new hard drive first?
How do I do this?
I have everything backed up on an external hard drive with time machine so once the new hard drive is up and running i can copy it i'm just unsure what to do before all that.
Sorry if these questions are ridiculously stupid and im looking like a **** here its just i went on a few threads and a video and i'm none the wiser.
Forgive the ignorance.
Thanks for any help!