Installing OS on blank HDD

[CrawlerPR]

Hello All.

Just installed a new HDD on a Mac Book Pro. Trying to install OS from a pendrive but once I select it, it gives me a blue screen.

Trying the internet recovery but after the spinning globe animation and the 24 min wait, all I get is a white screen... Once on the white screen, the fan start running really loud. It heats up fast.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[JTToft]

Is the OS X installation image properly "installed" on the pen drive?
I recommend using DiskMakerX to create a bootable installation disk.

 

[CrawlerPR]

Is the OS X installation image properly "installed" on the pen drive?
I recommend using DiskMakerX to create a bootable installation disk.

I have used the same drive before, and it worked fine. But hell, I'll give it a try!

 

[DebianJunkie]

When you boot up from the usb drive Launch the Disk utility first (from utilities menu) and make a partition(-s) on the new drive (Choose GUID partition scheme) and format at least one partition with MAC OS X hfs+ journaled.
Old tutorial:
http://computers.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-format-your-macs-hard-drive--mac-53986

Then exit the disk util and in the installer choose to install os to the newl formated partition.

 

[CrawlerPR]

When you boot up from the usb drive Launch the Disk utility first (from utilities menu) and make a partition(-s) on the new drive (Choose GUID partition scheme) and format at least one partition with MAC OS X hfs+ journaled.
Old tutorial:
http://computers.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-format-your-macs-hard-drive--mac-53986

Then exit the disk util and in the installer choose to install os to the newl formated partition.

The problem is that when I try to boot from the usb, I eventually get a bluesreen. I never get to the Disk Utility.

 

[DebianJunkie]

Ah, selecting boot device rather than target partition to install.
1)Take out the new hdd and check if that gets you to the installer menu.
2) Mavericks or Yosemite? If U have one try the other.
3) If U try to install from pendrive make bootable usb hdd (the steps are the same as for pendrive)

 

[CrawlerPR]

Ah, selecting boot device rather than target partition to install.
1)Take out the new hdd and check if that gets you to the installer menu.
2) Mavericks or Yosemite? If U have one try the other.
3) If U try to install from pendrive make bootable usb hdd (the steps are the same as for pendrive)

Ok. I will try this.