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macOS - Notebook Hardware
MacBook Pro late 2009 hardware issue
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<blockquote data-quote="Shootist" data-source="post: 1352218" data-attributes="member: 232297"><p>Yes when you start the download it should ask you what drive to install it to you would select the External drive.</p><p></p><p>Once it finishes the downloading you computer will reboot and start the install on the external. Once that is done it should reboot again giving you the original out of the box, just brought home from the store, startup screens where you select your Language, Country and whatever. It will then ask for a Apple ID, no need to type that in right now, you can just select Continue.</p><p>Very important!!!</p><p>When you get to where you type in your name and then the password you want to use, Use the Same Exact Name and Password you used originally when you first set the system up.</p><p></p><p>Once that is all done the system should go to the desktop of OS X.</p><p>Use it as you would normally use it, that may mean you have to reinstall some software.</p><p>To boot back into the original internal hard drive you have 2 options to do that.</p><p>1) While your in the system go to System Preferences then Startup Disk and select the internal disk and click Restart. You do the same if you are running from the internal drive only selecting the External as Startup Disk.</p><p>2) As soon as the first sound comes out of the speakers press and hold, for a short time, the Option key. That will take you to a screen where you can select which drive, internal or external, you want to boot from. The external will have the USB logo on it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shootist, post: 1352218, member: 232297"] Yes when you start the download it should ask you what drive to install it to you would select the External drive. Once it finishes the downloading you computer will reboot and start the install on the external. Once that is done it should reboot again giving you the original out of the box, just brought home from the store, startup screens where you select your Language, Country and whatever. It will then ask for a Apple ID, no need to type that in right now, you can just select Continue. Very important!!! When you get to where you type in your name and then the password you want to use, Use the Same Exact Name and Password you used originally when you first set the system up. Once that is all done the system should go to the desktop of OS X. Use it as you would normally use it, that may mean you have to reinstall some software. To boot back into the original internal hard drive you have 2 options to do that. 1) While your in the system go to System Preferences then Startup Disk and select the internal disk and click Restart. You do the same if you are running from the internal drive only selecting the External as Startup Disk. 2) As soon as the first sound comes out of the speakers press and hold, for a short time, the Option key. That will take you to a screen where you can select which drive, internal or external, you want to boot from. The external will have the USB logo on it. [/QUOTE]
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