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<blockquote data-quote="clifford83" data-source="post: 1746989" data-attributes="member: 388779"><p>So im a long time windows user and only ever had a mac briefly a number of years ago. Back then i remember i used a OS disc to recovery my OS.</p><p></p><p>Now i've bought myself a used macbook pro, however i need to steal the HDD out of it for a windows laptop i needed to upgrade for a customer, it didn't bother me as i thought it would be a easy reinstall after i've replaced the hdd. How wrong was i!. I since replaced the HDD with the same HDD (samsung 850 SSD 500GB). I've read ENDLESS video tutorials online and guides, with no success so far.</p><p></p><p>They all seem to only be helpful if you can access OS X in the first place, but i cant.</p><p></p><p>So when i boot it up i get the flashing folder and question mark inside the folder.</p><p></p><p>I've tried booting it up pressing CTRL+R which goes into some internet recovery mode which asks me to connect to my network. Now i connected to my network, note i have restricted download GB and EXTREMELY slow speed where i live. So i went through all the motions of erasing the disk and partitioned it accordingly, then i went to install OS X via the recovery, it is around 6GB? and it takes for EVER. I cancelled it 10% of the way in as it was eating up my bandwidth.</p><p></p><p>I then went through all the motions of creating a USB stick (16GB) and putting the OS on it in .DMG format. WHich i did using TransMac on a windows PC. I followed a guide on this. Once that had finished, i plugged the USB back into the mac and tried to restore the image to the HDD.</p><p></p><p>It finishes fine, but still the OS doesn't boot up! i still get the flashing folder.</p><p></p><p>So what are my options now?.</p><p></p><p>1. I cannot be doing internet update again.</p><p>2. USB restore doesn't seem to work??</p><p>3. disc restore????</p><p></p><p>I can't find any info other than restoring the OS via the internet.</p><p></p><p>Yes hands up, n00b windows user has spent 2 days solid on this <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>N00B HELP?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="clifford83, post: 1746989, member: 388779"] So im a long time windows user and only ever had a mac briefly a number of years ago. Back then i remember i used a OS disc to recovery my OS. Now i've bought myself a used macbook pro, however i need to steal the HDD out of it for a windows laptop i needed to upgrade for a customer, it didn't bother me as i thought it would be a easy reinstall after i've replaced the hdd. How wrong was i!. I since replaced the HDD with the same HDD (samsung 850 SSD 500GB). I've read ENDLESS video tutorials online and guides, with no success so far. They all seem to only be helpful if you can access OS X in the first place, but i cant. So when i boot it up i get the flashing folder and question mark inside the folder. I've tried booting it up pressing CTRL+R which goes into some internet recovery mode which asks me to connect to my network. Now i connected to my network, note i have restricted download GB and EXTREMELY slow speed where i live. So i went through all the motions of erasing the disk and partitioned it accordingly, then i went to install OS X via the recovery, it is around 6GB? and it takes for EVER. I cancelled it 10% of the way in as it was eating up my bandwidth. I then went through all the motions of creating a USB stick (16GB) and putting the OS on it in .DMG format. WHich i did using TransMac on a windows PC. I followed a guide on this. Once that had finished, i plugged the USB back into the mac and tried to restore the image to the HDD. It finishes fine, but still the OS doesn't boot up! i still get the flashing folder. So what are my options now?. 1. I cannot be doing internet update again. 2. USB restore doesn't seem to work?? 3. disc restore???? I can't find any info other than restoring the OS via the internet. Yes hands up, n00b windows user has spent 2 days solid on this :( N00B HELP? [/QUOTE]
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