Installing via USB
Okay, boys and girls. I finally decided I couldn't fix this problem on my own, and now I'm turning to the Internet. Hopefully someone can help me.
Alright, so here's the deal. Like, two months ago, my MacBook Pro had an intense harddrive crash, and stopped working. It was in pretty rough shape anyway -- battery is pretty much dead, there's a dent in the casing, dead pixel lines on the screen, the superdrive is totally non-responsive.. I probably should have expected for the harddrive to fail. I had some pretty important files on it, so I just decided to wait for a bit rather than playing around with it.
About a week ago, I got a lovely new MacBook Pro, and after 3 days of waiting, I was finally able to retrieve my important files from the old MBP with the help of the amazing program Data Rescue 3.
All the old files now safely on my new machine, I decided 'Let's just delete this mess of a computer', and used a USB-boot drive of the OSX disc to just completely erase the hard drive on my old MBP. I restarted the computer, although I can't quite remember why.. And then the installation disc/drive/USB/whatever is no longer bootable. I tried to reset the PRAM too, and it still isn't bootable.
I turn on the computer, it makes the startup chime, and then nothing happens. If I hold in option, I can see the mouse and the USB harddrive, but if I try to click on it, nothing happens. I've also tried Target mode with the new MBP, but the firewire doesn't even appear on the old one.
I know I've got a new computer, and maybe some folks are like 'Hey, why don't you just use the new computer, and throw the other one in a dumpster', but I don't want to yet. If I can get the other one to work, I could find /something/ to use it for, I'm sure.
Anyway, maybe I'm totally overlooking something, or maybe this exact problem has been posted before. Either way, I hope someone can help me out. I don't wanna say goodbye to that old junker quite yet.
Welcome to Apple Community forums.
It sounds like you got the new Mac just in time before you hard drive died.
You could try booting it from an external drive with a system on it and if that works just use it that way, assuming you'll be carrying the new one.
You could install a system on another disk from your new MBP.
-mj
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