I don't have the install disc anymore (have no clue what I did with it), but I want to restore my mac to factory because I'm selling it. I formatted my external HD to exFAT today and placed the OSX Lion file from the App Store on there. If I erased everything on my internal HD through Disk Utility, would it be possible to install the factory stuff from my exFAT formatted external HD?
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Help with booting Mac from USB drive
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Unlikely.
Most Macs will only boot from HFS+ formatted volumes over USB.
You can create such volume from the download, but you need to still have OS X installed and need to wipe at least part of the external drive.
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Most Macs will only boot from HFS+ formatted volumes over USB.
You can create such volume from the download, but you need to still have OS X installed and need to wipe at least part of the external drive.
B