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So my macbook 2015, running 10.12.6, crashed after it got to 0% and couldn't boot, lesson learned.
However it couldn't repair, couldn't reinstall since I was stupid enough to buy a 250GB. So, I bought an external HDD with 1TB. Installed OS on that.
Now, everything is working fine, I still have all my files. But I'd like to get the OS on the machine again.
The external HDD doesn't come up as an option when trying to backup with time machine. In disk utility, I can see it has the same amount of space taken up as the machine, and if i try to boot without the external HDD it just shuts off.
So I'm assuming I'm booting from the external, and that has everything on it (please correct me if I'm wrong). When I try to recreate the machine from the external HDD it says "The source volume is readable and writable and cannot be removed from the desktop, so it cannot be copied block by block."
Should I change permissions? Or should I try to just press Delete on Macintosh HD? Just a bit worried since some of those 244GBs are very valuable to me.
Another thing is the Macintosh is included in the APPLE SSD SM0256G Media, which I can try to recreate from the external HDD aswell, but I'm worried that will mess something up.
Thanks for any replies!
However it couldn't repair, couldn't reinstall since I was stupid enough to buy a 250GB. So, I bought an external HDD with 1TB. Installed OS on that.
Now, everything is working fine, I still have all my files. But I'd like to get the OS on the machine again.
The external HDD doesn't come up as an option when trying to backup with time machine. In disk utility, I can see it has the same amount of space taken up as the machine, and if i try to boot without the external HDD it just shuts off.
So I'm assuming I'm booting from the external, and that has everything on it (please correct me if I'm wrong). When I try to recreate the machine from the external HDD it says "The source volume is readable and writable and cannot be removed from the desktop, so it cannot be copied block by block."
Should I change permissions? Or should I try to just press Delete on Macintosh HD? Just a bit worried since some of those 244GBs are very valuable to me.
Another thing is the Macintosh is included in the APPLE SSD SM0256G Media, which I can try to recreate from the external HDD aswell, but I'm worried that will mess something up.
Thanks for any replies!