E Exist2Inspire macrumors member Original poster Oct 9, 2006 51 0 Nov 16, 2006 #1 Once the HD had been installed, what will happen when the MacBook is turned on? Will i have to boot from the OS X disc seeing as the HD will be blank?
Once the HD had been installed, what will happen when the MacBook is turned on? Will i have to boot from the OS X disc seeing as the HD will be blank?
D deadpixels macrumors 6502a Oct 30, 2006 913 0 Nov 16, 2006 #2 Exist2Inspire said: Once the HD had been installed, what will happen when the MacBook is turned on? Will i have to boot from the OS X disc seeing as the HD will be blank? Click to expand... you will need to start from the macosx cd then ude disk utility to format your newly installed hdd, then install tiger on it
Exist2Inspire said: Once the HD had been installed, what will happen when the MacBook is turned on? Will i have to boot from the OS X disc seeing as the HD will be blank? Click to expand... you will need to start from the macosx cd then ude disk utility to format your newly installed hdd, then install tiger on it
L leodavinci0 macrumors 6502 Jan 26, 2006 323 0 Nov 16, 2006 #3 Just so you know (I took me a bit to realize this) you format the disk by erasing it. There is no option to "format".
Just so you know (I took me a bit to realize this) you format the disk by erasing it. There is no option to "format".
kwood macrumors 6502a Jun 26, 2006 833 0 In the Great White North. Nov 16, 2006 #4 Make sure its the File format is HFS+ (Mac OS Extended Journaled) for installing OS X 10.4.