- #DISKMAKER X FOR SNOW LEOPARD MAC OS#
- #DISKMAKER X FOR SNOW LEOPARD INSTALL#
- #DISKMAKER X FOR SNOW LEOPARD PASSWORD#
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PRINT THIS OUT and check each line off with a pencil as you go along. If the iMac WILL NOT BOOT from the external boot drive, there may be some other internal problem that is keeping it from booting.īut you're going to have to do the above to find this out. Be sure to clone the recovery partition, as well. If yes, it's possible to "clone over the contents" of the external boot drive to the internal drive, and then have a bootable drive. Repeat the "option key" trick I gave you above. Put that into the applications folder on the bootable external drive.ĭisconnect the external boot drive and take it to the iMac. I believe the version you want is "CCC 4".ī.
#DISKMAKER X FOR SNOW LEOPARD DOWNLOAD#
Download CarbonCop圜loner from the Bombich download page. IF you do, this is an important step forward.Ī. Do you get a good boot to the login screen and the finder? Do you? If so, click the icon for the external drive and hit return.Ĥ. You should see the external drive AND the internal drive as potential boot volumes. Press the MBP power on button and IMMEDIATELY hold down the option key and KEEP HOLDING IT DOWN until the startup manager appears.ģ. Leave the external boot drive connected.Ģ. OK, have you gotten to the finder? The next step will be to TEST the new startup drive we've created.ġ. We are just setting up a very basic account that "gets us to the finder". DO NOT MIGRATE ANYTHING TO THIS NEW ACCOUNT.
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Begin setup and create a new account, with a username and password you will remember. When done, you should see the login screen. BE PATIENT !!!! Expect to wait 40-90 minutes. This may involve one or more reboots and will take some time. You should now see the icon for the external flashdrive (or hard drive). Instead, there should be an option to "show all disks".
#DISKMAKER X FOR SNOW LEOPARD INSTALL#
The installer will probably present you with the option to install on the daughter's MBP next. Click the continue (or "next") button when the installer opens. The installer may open when the download is done. This should download a fresh copy of the El Cap installer app and put it into the applications folder.į. You may have to scroll around and look for it.Į. see if "El Capitan" is listed there, it should be. go to the app store, make sure she is signed inĬ. Does it erase? If so, let it sit on the desktop for the moment, and go to the next step below.Ī.
#DISKMAKER X FOR SNOW LEOPARD MAC OS#
Go to Disk Utility and ERASE IT to Mac OS extended with journaling enabled, GUID partition formatģ. connect the USB flashdrive or the external drive, let it mount on the desktopĢ. You will need a USB flashdrive 32gb or larger. You will need your daughter's MBP (the one that boots and runs El Cap). I will offer you another pathway forward. I cannot understand how I cannot get the OS X to download & install onto the iMac, and more frustratingly, why I cannot make another start up bootable USB drive now to even open the iMac ? Tried to make the bootable drive with Diskmaker X, which said the USB had successfully been made into an El Capitan installer, but same result again, does not show as a start up disk and will not install the OS X. Then tried ⌥ start up with the bootable USB I had previously made, a 32gb Sans Disk drive.same result, then downloaded another OSX El Capitan DMG image onto the USB drive on my MacBook and tried restore with that in Disk Utility, but confused my source/destination and restored/wiped the USB drive, and now I am unable for some reason to make another bootable drive that works, I have done the bootable drive process on my MacBook with Terminal and the OS X installer still in my apps folder on that, says succesful but will not act as a start up disk, and same result on trying to install the OS X from there. Next tried ⇧⌥⌘R - same process, same result. Next tried ⌥⌘R - same deal, 2 hours to download, started install, stopped, no packages message ⌘R - chose reinstall, took approx 2 hours to download, then began installation, broke off & gave me the "no packages were eligible" message My 2007 iMac died a month ago, I did manage to salvage 99% of the data, mainly photos, so I am now trying to reinstall El Capitan, which it was running fine before - I have Disk Utility checked the internal drive, says its fine, erased and formatted it but I have now tried every option to reinstall OS X that I can come up with:
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