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<blockquote data-quote="greyhound rick" data-source="post: 1704953" data-attributes="member: 147622">Thank you Jake. Now I'm starting to understand better. I appreciate your expertise!I know my questions reveal my lack of intellect with this subject, but I don't let that discourage me because I really want to learn!Questions:1. OK, so the USB that i created will allow me to &quot;boot&quot; the operating system, or to &quot;load&quot; it. I cannot put the OS X on the boot drive and thats why its locked.If my MBP were to lose its ability to boot itself with the SSD, would the USB thumb drive allow me to accomplish this? If so, when i get to the step where the MBP asks me to select the drive to be installed &quot;to&quot; would i select the SSD (or a different HD) to receive the OS X?2. If a HD crashes and had to be replaced would the process then entail my creating a USB boot drive, loading the OSX on a &quot;new&quot; HD/SSD that i would put in and then using the usb boot drive to boot the OS X from the new SSD? I hope I'm making sense. If not i sincerely apologize.3. (as it relates to Question 1) Would there ever be a scenario where the HD/SSD could not boot itself and you would have to use a USB bootable drive, but you would not have to replace the HD/SSD necessarily?IOW, can a HD/SSD lose its ability to boot itself but still be useable after the booting process is accomplished by the USB thumb drive?thank you,Rick</blockquote>

[QUOTE="greyhound rick, post: 1704953, member: 147622"] Thank you Jake. Now I'm starting to understand better. I appreciate your expertise! I know my questions reveal my lack of intellect with this subject, but I don't let that discourage me because I really want to learn! Questions: 1. OK, so the USB that i created will allow me to "boot" the operating system, or to "load" it. I cannot put the OS X on the boot drive and thats why its locked. If my MBP were to lose its ability to boot itself with the SSD, would the USB thumb drive allow me to accomplish this? If so, when i get to the step where the MBP asks me to select the drive to be installed "to" would i select the SSD (or a different HD) to receive the OS X? 2. If a HD crashes and had to be replaced would the process then entail my creating a USB boot drive, loading the OSX on a "new" HD/SSD that i would put in and then using the usb boot drive to boot the OS X from the new SSD? I hope I'm making sense. If not i sincerely apologize. 3. (as it relates to Question 1) Would there ever be a scenario where the HD/SSD could not boot itself and you would have to use a USB bootable drive, but you would not have to replace the HD/SSD necessarily? IOW, can a HD/SSD lose its ability to boot itself but still be useable after the booting process is accomplished by the USB thumb drive? thank you, Rick [/QUOTE]

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