Does anyone have the restore disks that came with this model? And if so, can you upload an image of them somewhere? I want to use my second SSD just for playing with the original software it came with, but since i got it second-hand, i didn't get the full package.
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MacBook Pro 6,1 17" mid 2010 restore dvd
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The original system would have been Snow Leopard. I suppose you know that the commercial installer for Snow Leopard, which is pretty easy to find, will not install, as it is the public release build for version 10.6.3. Your 2010 MBPro came with a special build of that version, or maybe 10.6.4. You would need the original DVD that shipped with your MBPro (you probably already know this 
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Another option for you, if you have an older Mac that you can use, is to install the commercial version of Snow Leopard, using the older Mac for the install. Use the SSD from your "newer" MBPro as the destination, either by using Firewire target disk mode to give access to your second SSD through your older Mac, or simply remove the SSD, and install connected to the older Mac with the drive installed in an external USB enclosure. Update the Snow Leopard system to 10.6.8, and install in that 2010 MBPro. It will be usable now, running Snow Leopard.
And, you won't have to work with a possibly-flaky DVD drive for the system install - and you don't need the special build of 10.6.3/4
)Another option for you, if you have an older Mac that you can use, is to install the commercial version of Snow Leopard, using the older Mac for the install. Use the SSD from your "newer" MBPro as the destination, either by using Firewire target disk mode to give access to your second SSD through your older Mac, or simply remove the SSD, and install connected to the older Mac with the drive installed in an external USB enclosure. Update the Snow Leopard system to 10.6.8, and install in that 2010 MBPro. It will be usable now, running Snow Leopard.
And, you won't have to work with a possibly-flaky DVD drive for the system install - and you don't need the special build of 10.6.3/4
Yeah, i was aware of all that, but i'd still like to add the image of the original dvd to my collection. I have the original disks for most of the Macs in my collection so it'd be nice to add at least a copy for this one too. As for the optical drive, it has been replaced by the second ssd anyway. I have plenty of USB and FireWire drives at my disposal for my crazy experiments.