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I have MacBook Pro mid-09, it had el capitan os before I removed it
I wanted to work completely on win10, and completely formatted all the HDD with the recovery partition included
But realised later I need os x badly, and i dont have internet recovery option So I downloaded snow leopard.dmg and made a usb bootable drive using transmac on windows
It loaded but it says it can't be installed on this computer it offers using time machine (i dont have backup!) Or restart
What can I do now ?
I can't go to apple store to repair it i'm much far away from one !
Mahmoud Othman Adas
Posted 2016-08-10T00:45:17.300
Reputation: 1
If it can boot off of the flash drive, can you access Disk Utility? – Ryan – 2016-08-10T06:33:24.960
For future reference, deleting OS X from a Mac entirely is a really bad plan because it makes firmware updates difficult or impossible. If you're never ever going to use it, leave OS X installed on the smallest possible partition. – Ryan – 2016-08-10T06:35:13.490
Do you have access to another Mac and a FireWire cable? – Ryan – 2016-08-10T06:35:51.253
It doesn't give me access to disk utility or any tool,only that message with restart and use time machine backup buttons ,unfortunately no nearby Macs around me – Mahmoud Othman Adas – 2016-08-10T06:53:12.490
I think you need to revisit how you made the bootable flash drive then. If memory serves it should get you a grey screen with white window in the middle where you can access recovery tools... Could you add an image of what you're getting now? – Ryan – 2016-08-10T06:54:58.770
http://pictub.club/image/R8rMk – Mahmoud Othman Adas – 2016-08-10T06:57:28.003
I assume cmd-r on startup doesn't work, right? Goes to a blank screen? – Ryan – 2016-08-10T07:07:49.840
Your flash drive, if it's made right, shouldn't just try to install OS X immediately. If you're successfully booting from it, you should have the option of using disk utility instead of immediately starting the installation – Ryan – 2016-08-10T07:11:03.010
Maybe because i am using a usb hard drive instead of flash? Or maybe beacause i made it through win? – Mahmoud Othman Adas – 2016-08-10T07:14:13.793