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brogueboy

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Jul 12, 2010
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I recently had to replace my internal HDD as it failed on me before I got a chance to install Lion on a replacement or a SSD.

So, while replacing the HDD, I added a SSD as well, so now my iMac has 2 hard drives in it, each with no operating system.

My friend was able to give me a thumb drive with the Lion installer on it, but obviously holding down the Option key when booting now does not work from my bluetooth keyboard as I am assuming a bluetooth keyboard only works once the OS detects it.

In order to get Lion installed on my SSD from the thumb drive, do I simply need to use a USB keyboard to force it into Startup Manager via the Alt/Option key?


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