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Macbook cannot remove cd hard drive totaly blank
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: May 2009
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I have a macbook I am trying to work on but seem to have no way to install a new operating system as the hard drive is blank and the disc in the drive is not an OS disc.
Please do not ask how this happened I dont know the details.
what can I do at this point I would like to install 10.5 but have no idea how to do this with no working cd drive
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Dec 1999
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Do you have the aluminum or plastic MacBook?
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"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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Moderator  Join Date: May 2001
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When you restart the computer, keep the trackpad button pressed. That forces to eject the CD or DVD in the drive.
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I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Nov 2000
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Eject the disk as Oreo pointed out. Then, insert the install DVD and install OS X on the internal disk.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Dec 1999
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I thought his drive was broken. I'm confused.
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"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jan 2004
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connect an external dvd drive via Firewire? Or use the MacBook in Firewire target mode and connect to another Mac and use it's optical drive to install the OS.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Dec 1999
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That's why I asked if it was the aluminum or the plastic MacBook. If it's aluminum, he doesn't have Firewire. He could use a USB CD-ROM, you can get one for as little as $12.
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"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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If it's an Aluminium MacBook you can pop the hard drive out in under a minute. You'll need a USB (or firewire) drive enclosure to put the drive in. Connect it to your working Mac and install OS on drive as an external drive.
Of course you can do this with a plastic MB too but they have FW so there is no need to remove the drive.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Dec 1999
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Originally Posted by Andrew Stephens 
If it's an Aluminium MacBook you can pop the hard drive out in under a minute. You'll need a USB (or firewire) drive enclosure to put the drive in. Connect it to your working Mac and install OS on drive as an external drive.
Of course you can do this with a plastic MB too but they have FW so there is no need to remove the drive.
Oh, that's true as well. ATA to USB adapters are pretty cheap also.
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"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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