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Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive

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On 1/14/17, 10:41 AM, in article
X7ydnUUgW-JK_-fFnZ2dnUU7-fvNnZ2d@earthlink.com, "Ant" <ANTant@zimage.com>
wrote:

> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>> On 1/12/17, 9:09 PM, in article edr288FbuqoU2@mid.individual.net, "Jolly
>> Roger" <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> 
>>> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>>> On 1/12/17, 5:57 PM, in article edqmvlF9ifkU1@mid.individual.net, "Jolly
>>>> Roger" <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On 2017-01-13, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Is there any way to reinstall the OS from the network on an iMac from
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> era? I know newer ones let you do so.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I no longer have the DVD that came with the machine and the hard drive
>>>>>> recently died. Will likely just get an external drive and not bother
>>>>>> trying
>>>>>> to open the machine.
>>>>> 
>>>>> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202313>
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks... but only goes back to 2010. The iMac is from 2007 (Intel Core 2
>>>> Duo, 2.4 GHZ... I think).
>>>> 
>>>> Which means there seems to be no way to do it.
>>> 
>>> Yes; that's what the link I posted effectively tells you. ; )
>>> 
>>>> Will likely run Linux on it... but would prefer OS X.
>>> 
>>> There are these things called USB sticks and installers...
> 
>> Yes, but I first have to have the installer to put on the USB stick. Might
>> ask around... likely have a friend who has one.
> 
>> I foolishly tossed mine just a couple months ago.
> 
> Flash drives are cheap these days. Just don't install the OS on it. 2 of
> my 64 GB flash drives died just from installing and booting up. :(

Good to know... thanks. Need to get the OS also... but as someone else
pointed out I can get it from Apple for $20. Silly mistake on my part to
toss it -- but not that expensive of a mistake. :)


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Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-01-12 17:18 -0700
  Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-13 00:57 +0000
    Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-01-12 18:07 -0700
      Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-12 20:16 -0500
        Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-01-12 18:23 -0700
          Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Andreas Rutishauser <andreas@macandreas.ch> - 2017-01-13 07:03 +0100
            Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-01-12 23:16 -0700
              Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-13 06:41 -0500
                Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-01-13 10:23 -0700
                Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Andreas Rutishauser <andreas@macandreas.ch> - 2017-01-14 07:29 +0100
      Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-13 04:09 +0000
        Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-01-12 22:15 -0700
          Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2017-01-14 11:41 -0600
            Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-01-14 12:18 -0700
            Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2017-01-14 22:50 -0500
              Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-15 04:59 +0000

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