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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1807345" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>If it is actually as from the factory, it doesn't have an installer, it has the system installed already. So the answer is "no" you cannot reuse the installer because you don't have it. Now, if the provider of the MBP includes the installer software that was downloaded as some later time from Apple, you still have to find a way to boot the MBA to run the installer. What you could do is use something like DiskmakerX to create a bootable usb thumb drive, if you have the installer, put that into the MBA USB slot and then boot from there to install to the internal drive of the MBA. You can get the correct version of DiskmakerX for Lion from here: <a href="https://diskmakerx.com" target="_blank">https://diskmakerx.com</a> Read the FAQ there before you start.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1807345, member: 396914"] If it is actually as from the factory, it doesn't have an installer, it has the system installed already. So the answer is "no" you cannot reuse the installer because you don't have it. Now, if the provider of the MBP includes the installer software that was downloaded as some later time from Apple, you still have to find a way to boot the MBA to run the installer. What you could do is use something like DiskmakerX to create a bootable usb thumb drive, if you have the installer, put that into the MBA USB slot and then boot from there to install to the internal drive of the MBA. You can get the correct version of DiskmakerX for Lion from here: [url]https://diskmakerx.com[/url] Read the FAQ there before you start. [/QUOTE]
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