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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive
Date: 15 Jan 2017 04:59:57 GMT
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Happy.Hobo <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> wrote:
> On 01-14-2017 12:41, Ant wrote:
>> 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. :(
> 
> Many people, including me, have built and used bootable USB drives.

IIRC, Ant has a habit of using crappy cheap USB sticks. ; )

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