Macbook Reinstall Os X No Disk
Karmen Mcarthun
I just got my macbook pro back from a harddrive repair and it was reported to have been working fine. So, I start it up and it takes me to Mac OS X instalation screen (The Snowlepard disk is in it) and I select a language and then agree to the terms and service. It then takes me to a screen that says "Install Mac OSX" as a title and below it says "Select the disk where you want to install Mac OS X". The only thing is there isn't any thing to select from.
When I came across this I noticed that I didn't have a volume under the main APPLE SSD SM1024G Media. You need create a partition under it. Click on APPLE SSD SM1024G Media, select partition map scheme is GUID Partition Table. Name the volume Macintosh. Select and make sure it is in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format. Select Apply. Once you see the volume created. Go back to the macOS utility screen and select install MacOS.
Switch over to Disk Utility (IIRC, should be in one of the menus), see if the HDD device is there. Click on it to select, make sure the partition map scheme is GUID Partition Table. If a volume is present (named Macintosh HD?), select and make sure it is in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format. Erase/repartition if needed, and see if that fixes the MIA disk issue.
Reinstall Mac OX S, when prompt to select disk for installation, there is no disk. Neither Disk Utility showing the drive. I have got my one fixed today, been told because of HDD cable. Try this one whether it fix your.
On my machine (late 2012 27" iMac), the Disk Utility choice was inside the window with the choices as to where to load the OS from. I selected Disk Utility and followed Courcouls's instructions and my problem was solved. Apparently, my new HDD wasn't being recognized by the system yet, but after "fixing" that problem, it came to life, so to speak, and I was able to continue with the installation. I'm now upgrading to the latest version of OS X, thanks to you two! Thank you!
You should be able to upgrade for free to the latest version of OS X after your system is back up and running. Go to the App Store and check for upgrades, or click on the apple logo in the upper left corner of the menu, and select About This Mac, then click Software Update (Upgrade). Hope this helps.
Niel, you are "The MAN!" I have a 2006 MacBook Pro and I just replace the original Toshiba Aries 80GB and 5400 RPM with a new Seagate 500GB SATA,16MB Cache, and 7200 RPM and I had the same issue as "emmingja" I have totally forgot about "Disk Utility". Thanks, just wish I could of installed the "Lion" OS. Anyways, thanks for your response to "emingja's" post. ?
You need to Restart, and this time answer only the "What Language" question, then wait a quarter minute for the MenuBar to be drawn, then choose Disk Utility from the Utilities Menu and follow Courcoul's good directions above.
SOLUTION: Guys don't waste your time. I had this exact problem but I tried using command + alt + r during boot up. Hold it till you see the globe pop up and let it do its thing and that should fix the problem (at least it did for me). Then you can install without problems. Good luck!
If didnt work buy an external hard disk and connect it to your mac and go to disk utilities and go to ur old hard drive then go to restore ,if the sorce is your hard disk name so thats ok usually its macintosh hd and in the other side destination grab the new hard disk, the new hard disk is gonna erase and copy the old hard disk so you are gonna have a back up ,when it finishes go to ur old drive theb click erase it will work ,you must put it on macOS (journaled) or the first option then just do the same on the first and it will work.
Boot to the Recovery Volume (command - R on a restart or hold down the option/alt key during a restart and select Recovery Volume). Run Disk Utility Verify/Repair Disk and Repair Permissions until you get no errors. Then re-install the OS.
Easy solution is hold down command + R and get into disk utility, select the main HD and select File > "Enable journaling" but if you are like me, it was greyed out. What the issue is, you are trying to modify the drive you are currently working on which it doesn't like. You need to create a USB flash installer, then reformate the drive then reinstall. The steps are below
The download went fine but when I said install the computer got stuck in the loop, of can't install the update because "your computer file system verify or repair failed" and no matter what I did I could not get out of this loop. I tried to boot form recover, boot form USB with sierra installer, tried to repair the hard drive which gave me errors like File system check exit code is 8, I tried single user mode, I tried network recovery..... like I said I tried everything. My plan was to dig up the old spinning hard drive to restore an image form it, albeit it few months old but better than nothing. Of course I do not have a backup because I said to myself this is an SSD on a mac what could go wrong, well I learned that lesson. Bottom line what needed to happen was enable journaling of the hard drive, something that was greyed out and was impossible to do. Installing a fresh OS was also not working because the computer would say the drive is locked. Enough of the problem here is the solution.
I bought a thunderbolt cable to connect the iMac to my trusted MacBook Pro. I then installed Disk Warrior software on a MacBook pro. Then I booted the iMac while holding down the t key, which allowed the MacBook to see the iMac as an external drive. Disk Warrior scanned the iMac's hard drive, rebuilt its directory and enabled journaling. I then unmounted the iMac from the MacBook and rebooted the iMac normally, and viola, high Sierra installation proceeded and 40 minutes later I am back to normal. I am considering this post and pay back for all the help I got from searching the net for hours on this issues.
From what I know the drive is locked because somehow it was corrupted. All you need to do is rebuild it using disk warrior which fixed the issue by enabling journaling. I found the mac native disk utility not to be powerful enough to fix this problem, that's why I resorted to Disk Warrior, I am not promoting them and I am not affiliated with them, that is what I used. Let me know if I can be of any help.
If you are still under warranty of AppleCare Apple will replace the hard drive with a similar drive of the same capacity -- they will not upgrade your HD. If your warranty and AppleCare have expired you can find instructions for replacing the drive yourself at Other World Computing.
I'm trying to reinstall Mac OS X El Capitan on my 2009 MacBook pro. Disk Utility lists a single SSD with a capacity of 250.06GB and a single partition (OS X Base system) that is taking up 249.85GB. When I try to create another partition it says that I need to enable journaling, but the option is greyed out. I also can't reinstall from the internet because the OS X Base System partition is locked.
Do you have any data that you would like to keep? If not, then I would recommend erasing everything and resintalling macOS from Internet Recovery. If not, then try running First Aid. If none of these work, use fsck from Single-User Mode.
"OS X Base System" is the name for the OS installer disk. It sounds like your entire SSD has been wiped and turned into an OS X installer. So you're booting to the SSD, and bringing up the OS X installer, but you've got nowhere else to install it to, and it can't install over itself.
I was preparing my MacBook Pro, 15 inch retina to give to my nephew. I erased the disk and when I tried to go to recovery mode I was directed to internet recovery (never seen that before) When I try to reinstall the operating system from the internet recovery mode I get as far as selecting the destination disk for the Os but no disk is shown?
I have restarted my MacBook in recovery mode and I am directed to internet recovery. That loads up and when I select the "reinstall Mac OS" I select that and agree but when the window opens with the message "select the disk to install the operating system" there is no disk shown?
If you can boot into Internet Recovery Mode (Command + Option + R), then launch Disk Utility so you can erase the entire physical SSD before reinstalling macOS. By default the physical drive is hidden from view in more recent versions of Disk Utility. Within Disk Utility you will need to click on "View" and select "Show All Devices" before the physical drive appears on the left pane of Disk Utility. This Apple article shows how to reveal the physical drive within Disk Utility:
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