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  1. fayelizabeth12

    Erased HD on mid 2009 macbook, now can't boot / restore

    Hi All, I have two second hand mid 2009 macbooks, both were running El Capitan when I received them. I've decided to sell one so erased the hard drive (nothing much on there) in disk utility. On restart I can't reinstall El Capitan (presumably because I didn't buy it through my apple ID, or on...