Lost the 2nd install disk for my imac....

....but will the the Common Media disk of my Mac Book Pro serve the same purpose? I'm hoping that this would be the case: can anyone shed any light on this please, because I need to reinstall the OS on my imac ASAP. Looked everywhere and simply cannot find it at the moment. Thanks for any advice.

moebius7 wrote:
....but will the the Common Media disk of my Mac Book Pro serve the same purpose?
Unfortunately, it will not. The "Common Media" is just the components common to many model bundles, but does not contain the complete OS & will not install it.

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