![]() If they send you a disk you'll then need to locate an Apple external optical drive if you don't have one. It will cost you around 20 dollars (you maybe asked for your systems S/N). If you can't find someone with the needed OS your last hope is to call Apple and order the recovery disk/USB. The one issue here you'll face is your system can only support 10.7.5 (Lion) or older (Snow Leopard being the better OS). See if you can prep up a USB thumb drive off of a friends mac. If it's a new hard drive, remove the screws on both sides of this disk. ![]() Shut down your computer and take the new drive out of the drive case or box. How do you upgrade the hard drives in the Mac Pro How many drives of what type are supported This Q&A explains how to upgrade the storage in the tower Mac Pro models with two optical drives shipped from 2006 until 2013 (model numbers A1186 and A1289). If you don't have any means to recover things, you still have an out. Here, we will take a 2TB hard drive as an example to show you the full process of installing it into a desktop computer. Using any one of these you should be able to install a fresh copy of your OS onto your new drive. If not is your old HD still working? If it is you could try using a universal drive adapter to connect it via your USB port. ![]() ![]() Ben - Your new hard drive does not have the needed software on it yet.ĭo you still have the USB thumb drive? Or if you have the external optical drive and the recovery CD/DVD that came with your system? ![]()
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