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MacBook White Unibody won't boot from SL disc??
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<blockquote data-quote=".Bennett" data-source="post: 1279134" data-attributes="member: 96528"><p>Grabbed a nice MacBook White Unibody yesterday from someone on Craigslist. It had box and everything but got home and it didn't have the OSX restore disc, only the applications install disc. Wasn't worried about it because I have a retail Snow Leopard disc I figured I could boot from after I upgraded the hard drive. </p><p></p><p>I install the new HD and try to boot from the SL disc and I get a message that says the computer needs to restart (says it in 4 languages). Restarting produces the same result. So I hold option to try to boot that way and I just get the question mark folder flashing icon. </p><p></p><p>Any ideas on why this is? I've booted from that SL CD to 13" white (non unibody), 13" MBP, 15" MBP and 13" MBA without issue. </p><p></p><p>And any ideas on how I can get this new HD up and running short of calling Apple and buying replacement discs? Person I got the computer from lives 90 mins away so it'd likely be cheaper to order the discs than drive up there again in my SUB <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE=".Bennett, post: 1279134, member: 96528"] Grabbed a nice MacBook White Unibody yesterday from someone on Craigslist. It had box and everything but got home and it didn't have the OSX restore disc, only the applications install disc. Wasn't worried about it because I have a retail Snow Leopard disc I figured I could boot from after I upgraded the hard drive. I install the new HD and try to boot from the SL disc and I get a message that says the computer needs to restart (says it in 4 languages). Restarting produces the same result. So I hold option to try to boot that way and I just get the question mark folder flashing icon. Any ideas on why this is? I've booted from that SL CD to 13" white (non unibody), 13" MBP, 15" MBP and 13" MBA without issue. And any ideas on how I can get this new HD up and running short of calling Apple and buying replacement discs? Person I got the computer from lives 90 mins away so it'd likely be cheaper to order the discs than drive up there again in my SUB :P [/QUOTE]
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