Hello and yes Total Noob asking for help after a hard drive failure :(

[davidwhitt]

Right well me and PCs get along sound - no problem I can't solve. I can fix laptops - screens you name it I can sort it.
MACBOOK!!!!
Foook me a week after putting a new hard drive in it I still can't get it to install an OS!!
I have recovery disk 10.6.6 and the application dvd and still no joy - it wants some sort of time capsule.
If anyone could help me I would be sooooooo greatful.
Its a 2006 macbook a1181. I'm about ready to smash it up - the hard drive failed, put a new one in and now I'm still goosed

 

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[davidwhitt]

Thanks

 

[Rivendell63]

Ok so that wasn't the most helpful response ...lol

I'm very new to this whole Mac world too, and wish you the best of luck. I would prob look to obtain a full install dvd from ebay etc and go from there...

 

[eawmp1]

Is the drive formatted?
Boot into the 10.6.6 disk and run Disk Utility to verify and format the drive, then try intall.

 

[andy.barron]

Hi.

Firstly format the drive into Mac OS Extended (Journaled) (Disk Utility).

This will enable you to install the OS you desire. Let me know if you need more help.

 

[AppleFanatic10]

Right well me and PCs get along sound - no problem I can't solve. I can fix laptops - screens you name it I can sort it.
MACBOOK!!!!
Foook me a week after putting a new hard drive in it I still can't get it to install an OS!!
I have recovery disk 10.6.6 and the application dvd and still no joy - it wants some sort of time capsule.
If anyone could help me I would be sooooooo greatful.
Its a 2006 macbook a1181. I'm about ready to smash it up - the hard drive failed, put a new one in and now I'm still goosed

I thought you had to have to original disk in order to install the OS...

 

[eawmp1]

I thought you had to have to original disk in order to install the OS...

You need to have the original disk (which of course on a 2006 would not be 10.6.6) or a full retail OS disk in which the OS is a later version than e one that shipped on the computer.

 

[AppleFanatic10]

You need to have the original disk (which of course on a 2006 would not be 10.6.6) or a full retail OS disk in which the OS is a later version than e one that shipped on the computer.

That's what I thought. This may be the reason why he can't install the disk on his hd..

 

[davidwhitt]

I get "the volume entitled appears to be ok. So if 10.6.6 is the wrong version, can you tell me what the right version would be? When the disk boots in it tells me that Mac OS can't be installed on this computer Been trying for a week now and getting so frusatrated

 

[davidwhitt]

Sod it gonna try ubuntu - Totally give up

 

[AppleFanatic10]

I get "the volume entitled appears to be ok. So if 10.6.6 is the wrong version, can you tell me what the right version would be? When the disk boots in it tells me that Mac OS can't be installed on this computer Been trying for a week now and getting so frusatrated

It would be the restore disk 10.6.0 I think. You would have to call Apple and ask for a restore disk for MacBook.