Please Help I erased by accident the ”Macintosh HD”

VarticusAndreas · Jan 25, 2013, 04:45 PM

I erased by accident the ”Macintosh HD” partition on my mid 2009 macbook, along with the OS, because i was trying to erase all my data. Now when i open my laptop it goes into the recovery menu. I can t install the software again because there s no available hard drive. All advice is helpful for me right now.

simsaladimbamba · Jan 25, 2013, 05:01 PM

Did you try do do a clean install and formatting the HDD appropriately in Disk Utility while booted into the installer?

To create a Clean Install (formerly known as Erase & Install) of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (the 29 USD Upgrade DVD is a fully working retail version of Mac OS X and does not need a prior installation of Mac OS X on the Mac), follow one of the following guides:
Short version: Clean Install of OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Long version: Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard: How to Erase and Install

Perform a Clean Install of OS X Lion on Your Mac

How to format a new HDD to install Mac OS X onto (or make a bootable copy onto)

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simsaladimbamba macrumors Core Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: in front of it	Did you try do do a clean install and formatting the HDD appropriately in Disk Utility while booted into the installer? To create a Clean Install (formerly known as Erase & Install) of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (the 29 USD Upgrade DVD is a fully working retail version of Mac OS X and does not need a prior installation of Mac OS X on the Mac), follow one of the following guides: Short version: Clean Install of OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Long version: Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard: How to Erase and Install Perform a Clean Install of OS X Lion on Your Mac How to Clean Install OS X Mountain Lion How to Do a Clean Install of OS X Mountain Lion How to format a new HDD to install Mac OS X onto (or make a bootable copy onto) __________________ This is not
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