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Re-install Mac OSX without DVD drive
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Originally posted by russell View PostOSX has no product key or Activation so you can find a copy on the web then pay for it later.
Sounds like its time to go to an apple store and have a chat to the Genius Bar peeps...Comment
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Originally posted by stek View PostHave you got another Mac in the house?
'Acquire' a VMWare OSX image from the usual places, stick it in a VM on your PC, have the vM own the DVD drive, and use that as a remote OSX DVD install (make it visible in System Preferences).Comment
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Originally posted by bobspud View PostIf you fancy a computer full of trojans...
Sounds like its time to go to an apple store and have a chat to the Genius Bar peeps...Comment
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Originally posted by bobspud View PostSounds like its time to go to an apple store and have a chat to the Genius Bar peeps...Coffee's for closersComment
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Maybe my first test will be to borrow a friend's Mac and use it to copy my 10.5 DVD onto a bootable USB, or buy a 10.6 DVD and do the same thing.
I will get the option to completely wipe the drive as part of installation, including my bootcamp Windows partition?Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostMaybe my first test will be to borrow a friend's Mac and use it to copy my 10.5 DVD onto a bootable USB, or buy a 10.6 DVD and do the same thing.
I will get the option to completely wipe the drive as part of installation, including my bootcamp Windows partition?
Or, why now download App Store and buy Lion for 25 quid and it will install over the web.
And u will get the option to delete existing, Lion creates a small recovery partition for that and future installs.Last edited by stek; 26 March 2012, 17:18.Comment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostMaybe my first test will be to borrow a friend's Mac and use it to copy my 10.5 DVD onto a bootable USB, or buy a 10.6 DVD and do the same thing.
I will get the option to completely wipe the drive as part of installation, including my bootcamp Windows partition?
You could also consider getting hold of an external Firewire drive. This becomes easy. Use CarbonCopyCloner to replicate your system disk. Boot from the external drive, then do a fresh installation from DVD choosing MIgration Assistant to copy preferences, user accounts, Apps etc from the copy to the new installatiom.
If you lived close by I'd rent my external Firewire DVD jobbie to you, but all my laptop DVD drives have packed up, so I ain't letting this thing out of my sight.Last edited by Sysman; 26 March 2012, 18:31.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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Originally posted by Sysman View PostWith a Firewire cable and another Mac you can install using Target Disk Mode
You could also consider getting hold of an external Firewire drive. This becomes easy. Use CarbonCopyCloner to replicate your system disk. Boot from the external drive, then do a fresh installation from DVD choosing MIgration Assistant to copy preferences, user accounts, Apps etc from the copy to the new installatiom.
If you lived close by I'd rent my external Firewire DVD jobbie to you, but all my laptop DVD drives have packed up, so I ain't letting this thing out of my sight.
I might flounce.....Comment
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