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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1775356"><p>If you know someone with a Mac of about that vintage, you could open up yours and remove the Hard Drive. ifixit.com will have step-by-step directions. Once the drive is out, attach it to the other mac and format it from there. Then at least it should be visible to your MBP. You can also ask the owner of that Mac to create a bootable installer USB for you using DiskmakerX and an installer for whatever version you and the owner can get from Apple's Mac store. Boot that USB, install the OS and you should be ok.</p><p></p><p>PITA, but that's about the only way I can think to get it done. You can try buying a SL disk from Apple ($20) but as chscag said, the optical drives in that vintage system are notoriously prone to failures. I know, I have one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1775356"] If you know someone with a Mac of about that vintage, you could open up yours and remove the Hard Drive. ifixit.com will have step-by-step directions. Once the drive is out, attach it to the other mac and format it from there. Then at least it should be visible to your MBP. You can also ask the owner of that Mac to create a bootable installer USB for you using DiskmakerX and an installer for whatever version you and the owner can get from Apple's Mac store. Boot that USB, install the OS and you should be ok. PITA, but that's about the only way I can think to get it done. You can try buying a SL disk from Apple ($20) but as chscag said, the optical drives in that vintage system are notoriously prone to failures. I know, I have one. [/QUOTE]
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