HT1338 erased the hard drive on my macbook air, when it starts up show a flashing folder unable to find wifi to do internet recovery

erased the harddrive on my macbook air when it starts up show a flashing folder unable to connect to wifi to do internet recovery

Reboot holding command and r keys down to boot into Lion Recovery
How to reinstall just OS X or erase/install OS X
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  • I am having trouble erasing the hard drive in my Macbook Air

    I am having trouble erasing the hard drive in my Macbook Air.  When I enter Utilities and attempt to erase the buttons are frozen both security and erase

    You need to restart with the Option key held down, boot from the computer's original thumbdrive(if any) or the recovery partition(10.7+), and erase the drive from there.
    (71694)

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    My Macbook air boots to a blue screen. Can I connect to another Mac via USB or etherent to access the hard drive? I did a disk repair through the disk utility but that did not solve the start up issue.

    Clone it using Carbon Copy Cloner.  Here's the link:
    http://www.bombich.com/
    Then to move it to the MBair and boot the Air holding down the Option key between the startup tone and the Logo / pinwheel.
    The boot manager will start and then select the external drive as the boot device.
    First some qualifying questions:
    1. What OSx release is on your other Mac.
    2. What MBair do you have. 
    I want to make sure the OS you're going to clone is more recent then the OSx that your MBair originally shipped with.

  • How do I mount the hard drive of one Macbook Air onto another Macbook Air?

    I did something funny to my Macbook Air (late 2009). However I have a brand new Macbook Air that I just took out of the box today.
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    As my new MBA has 256GB I am going to try and mount the old MBA onto the new MBA and remove some files from there.
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    Thanks for the reply. I was able to save the data on the Macbook Air whose HD got corrupted by using File Sharing (ethernet connecting two Macbook Airs).
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    At the present time there are no third party PCIe SSDs available.  Until some are produced for sale, the only alternative is to purchase a MBA with larger storage.
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  • I need to wipe the hard drive clean on MacBook Air, how do I do this?

    I have a Macbook Air that I want to wipe clean.  All the discussions I read talk about rebooting with disk, but Air does not have one?

    Reboot the system, hold command-R to boot into Recovery Partition.
    Then you can use the recovery system to re-format the partition that hold the main OSX, and re-install OSX using the internet link.  That last part may take a bit of time.
    See the two DiskUtility screens that will clear that partition.  The multi-pass erase adds time, but makes recovery of your data extremely difficult.  Note that until you hit the final "Yes, I want to erase it" button, all can be cancelled.

  • Erasing the hard drive

    We have a seven year old (pre intel) iMac that we are giving away but I am unable to erase the hard drive using disk utility. When I go to erase, no button lights up. This should be a simple operation. I have done this before on older macs.

    jrw1930 wrote:
    I'm booted up from the original cd/dvd which I no longer have.
    You're booted from the CD that you no longer have? I'm misunderstanding you.
    You need either the original installation disk, or any retail version of OS X which is compatible with your iMac (eg, 10.4). Run Disk Utility from the Utilities menu once you boot to the disk.
    Or, you can connect the iMac to another Mac with Firewire, attach a Firewire cable, restart the iMac with the T key held down, and the drive will appear on the other Mac's desktop. You can then use the other Mac's Disk Utility to wipe that mounted drive.
    One other option would be to physically remove the drive from the Mac, put it into an external enclosure and wipe it that way, but hopefully you'll be able to use one of the first two methods.
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  • Hello, I just bought a Snow Leopard and I have tried ti install this on my macbook pro 2008 (10.5.8) and I can not do it. I have to erase the hard drive before in order to succeed. Please tell me step by step what to do. I appreciate very much your help.

    Hello, I just bought a Snow Leopard and I have tried to install this on my macbook pro 2008 (10.5.8) and I can not do it. I have to erase the hard drive before in order to succeed. Please tell me step by step what to do. I appreciate very much your help.
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    Here are the directions:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3910?viewlocale=en_US
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  • I have a 15" MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (Early 2008) running OSX Lion 10.7.5. I want to erase the Hard Drive, install Mountain Lion, and manually restore select applications and files. Is there a known procedure to do this? Any tips or feedback?

    I have a 15" MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (Early 2008) running OSX Lion 10.7.5.
    I want to erase the Hard Drive, install Mountain Lion, and manually restore select applications and files.
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    1. Make a backup, open App Store and purchase Mountain Lion. When its download finishes, close the installer and open Lion Diskmaker to create a bootable USB drive with Mountain Lion.
    2. Press Option key while your Mac is starting, select the external drive and open Disk Utility.
    3. Select Macintosh HD in the sidebar and erase the drive.
    4. Close the window and install Mountain Lion

  • If I upgraded my MacBook Pro from Snow Leopard to Lion via the web and now wish to erase the hard drive and restore it to factory settings to sell.  How do I accomplish this?

    I upgraded the operating system on my MacBook Pro from Snow Leopard to Lion via the web.  Now I need to erase the hard drive and restore it to factory settings, so that I can pass it on.  How do I accomplish this?  When I insert the Mac OS X install disk, the only option is to erase the free space.  Any insight would be appreciated.
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    You need to boot off the original Snow Leopard DVD's that came with the system.
    Once you are running off of the DVD you will be able to do a clean install of SL
    To boot off the DVD with the system up running Lion insert the DVD. Open Sytem Preferences->Startup Disk and select the DVD then restart the machine.
    Message was edited by: Frank Caggiano

  • How do I erase the hard drive on my 2007 Macbook with operating system 10.4.11 ?

    I am going to recycle my old Macbook and want to erase the hard drive. When I go into utilities-disk utility-click on Macintosh HD-and the Erase tab, the only active button is Erase Free Space. The Security Options and Erase button are not active. How can I erase the entire hard drive? The operating system is 10.4.11.

    You have to boot to another drive.  You cannot erase the drive to which you are booted.  Typically you would use the system installer discs that were provided with the computer originally.
    Alternatively you can use another computer which is running OSX and put the old one in Target Disk Mode.  The old one will simply be seen as a normal hard drive which you can erase.
    How to use FireWire target disk mode - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661 - includes description of hardware and software requirements. [What to do if your Mac doesn't enter FireWire Target Disk Mode|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75414], also read about [Open Firmware Password Protection|http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/openfirmwarepassword.html] which can disable Target Disk Mode.

  • I want to reinstall os X yosemite on my macbook Air but i erased the hard drive and i cant get the local recovery option; only internet recovery; is there any way to go back and get local recovery option?

    i want to reinstall os X yosemite on my macbook Air but i erased the hard drive and i cant get the local recovery option; only internet recovery; is there any way to go back and get local recovery option?

    Hi Bockworld1,
    I'm afraid you did an error when erasing your hard-drive, this has automatically erased the "local recovery". In order to pass-by this, you must use a former Mac OS X installation DVD (such as Snow Leopard 10.6.3) and then when updated to 10.6.8 you may access the Mac App Store to recover the Yosemite Installer and proceed to a fresh "update" OR creating a Bootable USB Installation drive with DiskMaker in order to alway get a installation copy.
    I also suggest you to create a USB Basic Operating System (you must select a local USB device to install Yosemite or whatever OS you want) with only the base operating system to launch your computer in case of Main Operating System issues.
    Given the amounts of issues reported by users with 10.10.2, I command you to download 10.10.2 version to get a stable OS working.
    Let me know how it is going.
    Good Luck.

  • Used MacBook Air 11" erased the hard drive in attempt to reinstall the OSX

    Hello all,
    So I have a new "used" MacBook Air 11" that I bought off Kijiji.
    It came with a seemingly fresh install of OS X, but I decided to wipe out the hard drive and reinstall a fresh version anyway (because I like a challenge, sigh).
    Now, went into Recovery (Command+Option+R) and tried to reinstall Lion using Internet Recovery (it said something about the item not being available etc).
    So I decided to do it the old-fashioned way - and I erased the hard drive using Disk Utility (quite a stupid move I realise now).
    So, at this point it doesn't boot, it shows something like apple.com/support -1006F with an exclamation mark across the globe and doesn't go any further.
    It didn't come with anything but charger, so I don't have anything to restore it with... Did I brick it? Can I restore it from a USB or something (keep in mind I don't have anything supplied. Can I make one using Recovery Disk Assistant from my MacBook Pro, which is thankfully functioning well?).
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  • How do I erase the Hard drive????

    My iBook is about 4 or 5 years old with a brand new 80GB hard drive and brand new Charger plug. Now my logic board is broken and I don't want to put any more money in fixing it. So I just want to sell it but want to erase the hard drive first. Anybody can tell me how to do that?

    ElkeTheStallion, welcome to Apple Discussions.
    Here's how I understand your request.
    You have an iBook that is inop due to a logic board failure. This precludes booting the iBook with a CD/DVD to use Disk Utility to erase the HD. You also can't boot the iBook in Target Disk mode to interface with your MacBook to erase the HD.
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    These links give the instructions for removing the HD.
    Fix It Guides for Mac Laptops & Mini
    http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/
    The guides can be viewed on-line or you can download a PDF file.
    How to Upgrade, Repair, Disassemble an Apple/Macintosh Laptop or Notebook
    http://repair4laptop.org/disassembly_apple.html
    PowerBookTech
    http://www.powerbooktech.com/
    Suggestion - If you are going to sell the iBook for parts, don't reinstall the HD. It won't bring you much more $ in a laptop that won't work. Retain the 80GB HD and use it as a backup for your MacBook.
     Cheers, Tom

  • I have a white MacBook. I just changed out the hard drive with a 500GB. When I turn it on I get a file fold with a ? In the middle that flashes. What do I do next?

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