MAC issue

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Hi

I have a MacBook pro

I took the hard drive out and put windows on it using my windows PC.

I then put the hard drive back into the Macbook pro and the screen came up with a question mark.

I am stuck. Any solutions or advice.

All support welcome!

 

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It may be something to do with the partition table that you've used.

I would suggest re-installing Mac OS using the built-in recovery. Press Option+R after the startup chime or Command+R and then using Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows.

 

Afraid that doesn't work.

Is there any chance of having Windows on that mac? I can reinstall Windows on the hard drive if I have to.

I just don't have any mac os x discs..

 

Depending on the age of the Mac, it should have Internet Recovery allowing you to re-install Mac OS and then installing Windows via Boot Camp Assistant.

 

I don't know why you have done it this way. You could have left your mac alone and used VMware fusion to run windows in a virtual machine.

That would have been easier overall

Ed

 

I have to agree with Ed,not sure why you have chosen to do this in this way tbh.. Hopefully you can recover the original OS.. Wondering if its possible to create a bootable mac OS image to USB to rectify your issue? My Mac was too expensive for me to do anything with it than the bare basics, I have it warrantied to the max.. Any upgrades I will get the store to do it tbh.

 

Thanks for the reply.

Can i use image the usb on a windows machine then install a os on MAC?

 

well thats the thing I am unsure about.. i dunno how you would get the image file to begin with tbh as I believe you can only get it from the apple mac store.. Unless you know someone with a mac who can create the image for you?

 

Have a look at these instructions - http://osxdaily.com/2014/10/16/make-os-x-yosemite-boot-install-drive/

There are places to find the dmg file but ideally you should find someone who can download it from the App Store.