Missing disk utility and DVD drive
Hi,
My father has a macbook with Leopard installed.
He deleted some files/apps by mistake including the Disk Utility.
Also (and to help!!!) the DVD drive stopped working.
Can anyone tell me how can I reinstall the Leopard (or the Snow Leopard that I have on my macbook pro)?
Thank you very much
miguelporto wrote:
My father has a macbook with Leopard installed.
He deleted some files/apps by mistake including the Disk Utility.
Also (and to help!!!) the DVD drive stopped working.
Can anyone tell me how can I reinstall the Leopard (or the Snow Leopard that I have on my macbook pro)?
Welcome to Apple's discussion groups.
If the DVD drive stopped working because of the files he deleted, you may be able to boot from a Leopard installation disc and reinstall it.
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