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Can't install Snow Leopard on new drive
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<blockquote data-quote="CTNorthShore" data-source="post: 1653249" data-attributes="member: 349145"><p>Got a frustrating problem that maybe I can get some suggestions on.</p><p></p><p>This is a MacBook Pro from 2009. It would not boot and I positively diagnosed a bad hard drive. I put a new hard drive in there and then used the Mac OS X Snow Leopard disc that came with the laptop. It would not boot... it spins a bit but then eventually goes to a black screen with a blinking cursor in the top left. I tried with an external DVD in case the DVD reader in the laptop was flaky... same result. I tried some other discs that I had around and had no joy in getting it to boot - it goes black or spits it out. The closest I came was when I put in a 10.6.7 factory disc for a 13-inch MacBook Pro (grey) and actually got to the install screen only for it to tell me that this version of Mac could not be installed on this computer.</p><p></p><p>I called AppleCare and they told me that the reason my Snow Leopard disc did not work is that according to them this laptop actually came with 10.5... not 10.6 (which I say is a load). So he said that is what I need and that I would have to buy it 3rd party since they don't sell them anymore. I checked and they are asking $100 on Amazon!</p><p></p><p>I'm floored that I cannot find software for this! Obviously it is too early a mac for the Internet recovery. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can install Mac OS back on this system?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CTNorthShore, post: 1653249, member: 349145"] Got a frustrating problem that maybe I can get some suggestions on. This is a MacBook Pro from 2009. It would not boot and I positively diagnosed a bad hard drive. I put a new hard drive in there and then used the Mac OS X Snow Leopard disc that came with the laptop. It would not boot... it spins a bit but then eventually goes to a black screen with a blinking cursor in the top left. I tried with an external DVD in case the DVD reader in the laptop was flaky... same result. I tried some other discs that I had around and had no joy in getting it to boot - it goes black or spits it out. The closest I came was when I put in a 10.6.7 factory disc for a 13-inch MacBook Pro (grey) and actually got to the install screen only for it to tell me that this version of Mac could not be installed on this computer. I called AppleCare and they told me that the reason my Snow Leopard disc did not work is that according to them this laptop actually came with 10.5... not 10.6 (which I say is a load). So he said that is what I need and that I would have to buy it 3rd party since they don't sell them anymore. I checked and they are asking $100 on Amazon! I'm floored that I cannot find software for this! Obviously it is too early a mac for the Internet recovery. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can install Mac OS back on this system? [/QUOTE]
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