Need to format the drive on a 2006 MacBook Pro 10.6.8. Command R does not get it to recovery mode. I need to format, reload OS10 and partition the drive.

I tried command R to get into recovery mode. My goal is to format the MBP drive, partition the drive and load Windows through Boot Camp. Disk Utility will not allow access to reformat the drive. Is there another access method to format the drive?

jjoside,
Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6.8) does not come with Recovery mode; you’d need Lion (Mac OS X 10.7) or newer for that. If you’d like to reformat your internal disk and reïnstall Snow Leopard on it, you’ll need to boot from the white retail Snow Leopard DVD which was originally used to install Snow Leopard on your MacBook Pro. [Your 2006 MacBook Pro came from the factory with Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4.something) installed.] If you no longer have your white Snow Leopard DVD, you can purchase a replacement Snow Leopard DVD from Apple.

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