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How to install OSX on MB with broken DVD drive?
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<blockquote data-quote="hogweed" data-source="post: 1403487" data-attributes="member: 87693"><p>I’ve just inherited a battered MacBook Pro, 15”, 2.2GHz Intel variety. 2008 I think. Trouble is, the previous owner completely wiped the hard disk. And the DVD drive is bust, so I can’t install the OS.</p><p></p><p>I’ve tried booting from an external USB DVD drive, but it won’t happen – it comes up with a logo on the screen which seems to be telling me to insert the OSX DVD – which I've done. The external drive is known good.</p><p></p><p>I’ve searched through all sorts of posts etc, but the consensus seems to be that you can't install from scratch from a USB DVD – do you concur?</p><p></p><p>If so, I don’t really want to splash out on a new internal DVD drive, as I’ll probably never use it again after installing the OS.</p><p></p><p>Is there anything I can do? I’m using a Leopard Retail disk, which again is known good – I believe it can be used on most Macs?</p><p></p><p>As a last resort, is the internal DVD drive a standard SATA fitting? I have one or two laptop SATA DVD drives, but they’re the kind with a sliding drawer so I can’t fit them – but maybe I could hook one up temporarily just to install the OS?</p><p></p><p>All help very gratefully received!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hogweed, post: 1403487, member: 87693"] I’ve just inherited a battered MacBook Pro, 15”, 2.2GHz Intel variety. 2008 I think. Trouble is, the previous owner completely wiped the hard disk. And the DVD drive is bust, so I can’t install the OS. I’ve tried booting from an external USB DVD drive, but it won’t happen – it comes up with a logo on the screen which seems to be telling me to insert the OSX DVD – which I've done. The external drive is known good. I’ve searched through all sorts of posts etc, but the consensus seems to be that you can't install from scratch from a USB DVD – do you concur? If so, I don’t really want to splash out on a new internal DVD drive, as I’ll probably never use it again after installing the OS. Is there anything I can do? I’m using a Leopard Retail disk, which again is known good – I believe it can be used on most Macs? As a last resort, is the internal DVD drive a standard SATA fitting? I have one or two laptop SATA DVD drives, but they’re the kind with a sliding drawer so I can’t fit them – but maybe I could hook one up temporarily just to install the OS? All help very gratefully received! [/QUOTE]
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