I need to reformat my old computer hard drive, I don't have any disks
how do I reformat my old MAC book 's hard drive, if I don't have the disks for the operative system?
Get Snow Leopard DVD, then boot from DVD to format the drive.
http://store.apple.com/us/search/Snow-Leopard---Mac-OS-X-10.6
Similar Messages
-
my old computer hard drive crashed. i have music on my ipod nano - none of it purchased through itunes, all copied from cd's. how do i copy what is on the nano to a new computer.
How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer using iTunes7
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300173
How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer using iTunes6
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304304
Copying from iPod to Computer threads...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=776996&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=805256&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=797432󂫸
Also these useful internet articles...
http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/02/how-to-get-music-off-your-ipod/
http://playlistmag.com/help/2005/01/2waystreet/
iPod: Frequently Asked Questions
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60920
Patrick -
I have a version Adobe pro 7.1, my old computer hard drive failed, tried to install on my Windows 8.1, will not start up get error message? any solutions? It worked perfectly fine on my old computer which was windows 7.0
Hey,
I am sorry but Acrobat 7 is not at all compatible with Windows 8. For this, you will need to upgrade your Adobe Acrobat version.
For better understanding, please refer this kb file:
Compatible web browsers and PDFMaker applications
Regards,
Anubha -
My original computer hard drive crashed. I have a new laptop, but I lost all my address book entries. Is there a way I can transfer my contacts on my ipad to my non-apple laptop? Tom B
If you have a Mac, it's pretty easy. But you don't (should I make a pitch for you to get a MacBook Pro in the future)?
This should help you out to sync it back to several non-Apple software:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1296 -
I am a novice - I need a simple, reliable, plug & go (U.K.) external hard drive (1-3 TB) Have read various reports (good & bad) about Time Capsules - opinions & alternatives please .. I am old, so please keep answers simple - anything containing 'stuff' I won't understand & I'll ignore it .... Thanks in anticipation ...
I consider Time Capsule slow, mainly because it depends upon a wireless network for backing up. I tried it, but went back to the plug and play FW800 wired backup. Since this particular forum is for the MacBook Pro hardware, I'd suggest the following two forums to search for your answer (or ask questions):
Time Machine
Time Capsule
Since you want easy, the external hard drive is about as easy as it gets. Buy. Unpack. Plug into your Mac. Format (if you don't buy a Mac formatted one, which is unnecessary). Go to System Preferences>Time Machine. Choose the disk as the time machine. Turn on. -
Old computer hard drive crashed
My old laptops hard drive crashed and was not salvagable, I was able to get all my music onto my new laptop though. How do I get my iTunes account on my new laptop so I dont lose all my apps, notes, data, ect. so I will still have everything on this computer for when I upgrade the phone.
Open iTunes on your new laptop and sign in with your Apple ID and password.
You should sync your existing iPhone whether or not you intend to upgrade it. When you connect your iPhone to the new laptop, iTunes will ask if you want to "transfer purchases". Select that option.
Make sure your iTunes Library contains all the music you want. Next time you sync your iPhone, all your imported music will go along with it.
"Notes, data, etc" is a bit cryptic though. If you used iCloud, your data will be available on iCloud.
The right way to plan for disaster recovery like yours is to back up your computer before it crashes, and the iPhone is not designed for that task.
Should you find it necessary, ASC contributor turingtest2 posted this comprehensive guide to recovering your iTunes library:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991 -
I need some help on being able to sync my computer with my Iphone. It says I can do up to 5 computers and that I already have my limit. Well I have a new computer and don't have any of those 5 computers any more. What can I do?
If you don't have any of those computers you will have to email iTunes store support to reset your account. If you have just one of them, open iTunes, go to the Store menu, and choose to deauthorize all computers on the account.
-
How can I move the music on my IPOD onto a new computer if my old computer hard drive has crashed.
Question. How can I get my music library from my IPOD onto ITUNES on a
new computer, given that my old computer, which contained my ITUNES library crashed and has an unrecoverable hard drive?Have you not got a backup of your iTunes content on, for example, an external drive ? If not then depending on which country that you are in then you might be able to re-download past iTunes music purchases from the store. Otherwise you will need a third-party program to copy them off - this post mentions some that were around a couple of years ago, I don't know whether they still exist and/or work.
-
Moving ps from old computer hard drive OS XP to new computer OS WIn7
Please see the attached doc file. If I have not posted this in the right place please advise me as to it has been posted
Thank you.The doc was clean, but the OP should have copied and pasted the contents, they are very short: This is the content
I have purchase a new computer with Windows 7 for the operating system. I have the old computer’s hard drive which I plan to connect up to the new computer as an external hard drive. The old computer’s OS is Windows XP. Photoshop V6 and updated to Photoshop CS2 are properly installed on the old computer’s hard drive. How do I go about moving / transferring Photoshop to the new computer from the hard drive of the old computer? Due to OS installation problems on the new computer I have lost the 2nd install of PS v6 from the install CD, also there is a 30 trial of PS CS2 on the hard drive of the new computer. I have the installation CDs and key numbers for both v6 and CS2. Also see TS case 181364257. Would software such as “Magical Jelly Bean “be of any use in making this transfer?
The answer is, you should have deactivated CS2 and then re-installed on the new computer. It appears you did not, so phone Adobe Customer Service to have the activations re-set. -
II lost my HP hard drive after doing a HP Recovery Backup using Windows 7. I now have a new computer using Windows 8.1 and I have successfully unzipped all my files including my Thunderbird and Firefox profiles,. I have installed Firefox and Thunderbird on the new computer but cannot figure out how to get my bookmarks (Firefox) or my emails (Thunderbird) off these old profiles. Just substituting the old profiles stops the applications from opening and obviously I did not create these using the application export facility. Can the application be fooled by renaming the file with the name of the new profile? or is there some internal code that the program checks. I'm totally at a loss.
The Profile names have to match what Firefox and Thunderbird is expecting to find. Any difference and they may not start, or they may just create a new Profile ''as they are supposed to when the expected Profile is "gone".''
You can rename the old Profiles to the names of the new Profiles; or you can carefully edit the profiles.ini file to match the Profile names of the old Profiles. ''One mistake and it's toast, though.''
But IMO, the best thing to do is to go to the folder level where the '''profiles.ini''' file and the '''profiles''' folderset is located --
'''%APPDATA%/Mozilla/Firefox/ '''
where you should find '''profiles.ini''' and the '''Profiles''' folder, ''and maybe other files / folders''
Copy that whole '''Firefox''' folder from the old installation over to the new one.
With Thunderbird that should work the same as it is based upon the basics in Firefox, but I have never used Thunderbird. -
i no longer have any of my songs, ringtones, apps, photos etc, on my macbook anymore due to a SSD upgrade. i did not want to back up any files from the old hard drive as some were corrupt and i did not want that to transfer over to my new hard drive so i started from fresh. what i would like to know is, if i now sync my iphone with itunes, am i going to lose all the content on my iphone because there is nothing to sync it with or, will it transfer all the files onto my computer and i will have them again? or is there a way to do that before i sync and lose everything i have gained on the phone?
ddurval73 wrote:
I'm afraid I'm gonna lose all my music on my Iphone when I unlock it. I have over 4,000 songs in it and they are not backed up on my itunes library (I know, big mistake. I was trying to save space on my hard drive.). Please tell me I won't lose my songs or if I do how do I transfer them back to the Itunes? Is there a good software that can do that hassle free?
Thanks
It's called "iTunes". Connect the phone, but do not sync, when it appears in iTunes choose "transfer purchases..." from the iTunes File menu. -
External Hard Drive "You don't have permission" intermittent issue
Hi -
We have three iMacs that are networked using Airport Extreme. Computer 'A' has an external USB hard drive plugged in to it. I have "file sharing" turned on, and using "get info", I have shared the external hard drive with Computer 'B' and Computer 'C'. Most of the time, opening or saving files to the shared hard drive works without any problems, but occasionally (perhaps twice a day) any of the three computers will display an error message that says "You don't have permission" to save, or open or do anything with a file. It can happen on any of the three computers at any time with any file.
In the "Sharing and Permissions" portion of a "get info" window for the shared hard drive, it correctly says "dougshaffer (Me)" and "everyone" have "Read & Write" privileges. To fix the problem, I have to unlock the drive, click the gear wheel and choose 'Apple to enclosed items...". This solves the problem temporarily but it will certainly happen again later.
Also, every time I have to go through this process, I have to re-check the "Ignore ownership on this volume" check box. It will not stay checked even with the lock ON.
I have searched for this issue but can't seem to find a solution. FYI, this has happened with two different hard drives.
Any suggestions?
Thanks -
DougI see that a few people have viewed this question, but there are no responses yet.
Any thoughts, anyone?
THANKS! -
Hi
Can you please help as to how I download a previously purchased version of photoshop 11 which is installed on a computer which has broken?. I have the original serial number.
Thanks
Ken MillettKen,
Here is a link:
Photoshop Elements 11 Direct Download Links: Free Trials, Premiere | ProDesignTools
Previous posters have reported that it's critical to follow the instructions precisely.
Let us know how you make out. -
Is it possible to import artwork from elsewhere on my computer for albums that have no downloadable album artwork? ie. put one of my own photos or artwork on the blank cover?
Yes you can. How to: Right click on that song, click on get info, click on Artwork. From there, you can upload any album artwork. Its all up to you.
-
When I updated the operating system, I chose to use my computer itunes to restore. Now all my apps are nowher to be found. Not in icloud, not in itunes, not in my iphone. How can I retrieve them?
Downloading past purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store, and ...
Maybe you are looking for
-
Multiple select statements in PL/SQL
Hi All I am new to PL/SQL and my experience is in writing TSQL. There we can write a SQL statement like this to return 3 result set SELECT empname FROM Employee SELECT authname FROM Author SELECT athname FROM sport how can we write the same 3 stateme
-
Create new transaction type in transaction DNO_CUST01
Hello everyone! We are configuring the service desk scenario and now on Define Transaction Types phase. In our system we have not SLF1 transaction type, and while we are trying to create this type in transaction DNO_CUST01 we can't do it ("Choose the
-
Changed my Apple ID email, but ICloud does not recognize my new login, only my old one (which is now non-existent) and requires the password to do anything. Everytime I go onto the ICloud page it shows my old email and requires the password, but I c
-
I would like to write a store procedure to purge exception queue according to queue and corr_id, but the problem is corr_id needs to be passed as a variable. declare po_t dbms_aqadm.aq$_purge_options_t; begin po_t.block
-
How to get all materials of plant DE20
Hello Team, I want all materials of plant DE20 , Could you please tell me how to get this ? Thanks in advanse! With Regards, Pritee.