Not sure about which OS

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  1. Voxelx, Oct 30, 2012

    Voxelx macrumors newbie

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    So I recently had my hard drive brick, so I bought a new one.

    I couldn't find my install disks for my OS, so I bought two off eBay.
    These didn't work, and said something like "Os cannot be installed on this computer" or something relatively close.

    Which OS will run on my PC?
    I have no backups of the old on, and no working installation disks.
    Here are my currently specs

    MacBook Pro
    2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
    4GB Ram
    500 New Seagate HDD
    Originally released mid 2009

    I believe this would work, but don't want to waste anymore money
    http://www.amazon.com/Leopard-10-6-...351611178&sr=1-1&keywords=OS+X+version+10.6.8
     
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  2. Lampmeister, Oct 30, 2012

    Lampmeister macrumors member

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    According to Mactracker, your machine should work with OS X all the way up to Mountain Lion. Is the hard drive correctly formatted for a Mac?
     
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  3. Dave Braine, Oct 31, 2012

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    When you buy second hand install discs, you need the Retail disc, which for Snow Leopard Looks like this:
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    rather than the grey discs like this:
    [​IMG]
    and are specific to one computer.

    So that one from Amazon should work.
     
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  4. Nermal, Oct 31, 2012

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    That purple one isn't retail; the retail one is white:

    [​IMG]
     
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