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macOS - Operating System
Secondhand MAC can't reinstall OS
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<blockquote data-quote="krs" data-source="post: 1907400" data-attributes="member: 67742"><p>Wouldn't the Mac not just boot up with the install disk even if the hard drive is defective?</p><p>When I read that comment by the OP, I thought that either the the Leopard disk is defective, the DVD drive has a problem or the issue is the motherboard.</p><p></p><p>To figure out what the issue is, I would download a compatible macOS (to a working Mac obviously) from one of the links previously posted and use that to create a USB installer.</p><p>Then use that installer on the problem Mac.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="krs, post: 1907400, member: 67742"] Wouldn't the Mac not just boot up with the install disk even if the hard drive is defective? When I read that comment by the OP, I thought that either the the Leopard disk is defective, the DVD drive has a problem or the issue is the motherboard. To figure out what the issue is, I would download a compatible macOS (to a working Mac obviously) from one of the links previously posted and use that to create a USB installer. Then use that installer on the problem Mac. [/QUOTE]
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