Removed Mac OS by mistake on dual boot system

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  1. dearestpankaj, Jan 6, 2013

    dearestpankaj macrumors newbie

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    I had lion and windows vista installed on my iMac. I wanted to re-install my lion and in the process I removed it but could not re-install it as Apple have removed it from Mac Store. Now my Mac system has only windows vista. It boots with windows vista only. I have to get back to MAC OS. I have tried all tricks and done lots of searching on google but I am not able to run lion on my system. I have DVD of snow leopard, will it help. I have tried to use it but it doesnt stays for much time in cd rom. Can someone please help me get back to my Mac System. Thanks in advance.

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    Pankaj
     
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  2. justperry, Jan 6, 2013

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    What about recovery, Hold down Command-R at startup, or did you erase the Recovery partition.
    Holding Option at startup brings you to a boot screen, what is there.
     
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  3. dearestpankaj, Jan 6, 2013

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    I tried that but it does nothing. Windows vista starts.
     
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  4. justperry, Jan 6, 2013

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    BTW how old is your mac, if it's an older one it does not have internet recovery in its firmware, if it is it should have.
    I guess it a pre 2010-2011 one.

    Only way to get it is to Install SL and then upgrade.
     
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  5. dearestpankaj, Jan 6, 2013

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    Yes it is quite old, at least 2 years old. How will I install SL?
    btw it is imac i5 2.66GHz and 4GB Ram.
     
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  6. simsaladimbamba, Jan 6, 2013

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    Yo do a clean install, but make sure not to select the Windows (Boot Camp) partition to format/erase before installing Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
    Just select the former partition where Mac OS X 10.7 Lion was installed.

    To create a Clean Install (formerly known as Erase & Install) of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, follow one of the following guides:
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  7. dearestpankaj, Jan 7, 2013

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    I am able to reach Recovery System. There in Disk Utility I can see dmg image but I am not able to restore it.
    I also have option Reinstall Mac OS X but when I select it I get an alert that Mac OS 10.7 is not available.
     
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  8. justperry, Jan 7, 2013

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    I think the reason is, you did not pay for 10.7, if you did it should download.

    Yours came with SL I guess, one way or the other you installed 10.7, if you installed it the legal way by buying then something is amiss.
     
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