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locked hd

  1. L

    I messed up

    I was trying to sell my old macbook that I havent used in ages, so I decided to restore it to blank. I'm not sure how I messed up but now it only boots up to when I try to reinstall the macos it either says "recovery server could not be contacted" or lets me passed the agreement and then when...
  2. Fordornothing

    Please help! Locked HD after erasing

    Hi, I'm lost, I wanted to reset my MacBook Pro retina back to factory reset. However, when I erased the startup disk I did not back up anything because I did not have anything valuble to save. Now, when I try to reinstall macOS Sierra I am unable to select the "OS X Base System" HD. It's says...
  3. bboypwr07

    Help please! recovery hd locked and i cant reinstall or unmount the disks

    hello! please anyone can help me. I have the same problem! recovery HD its locked and I can't reinstall os. I try all the commands that you guys give. nothing work please help!! If it helps I have all my passwords!
  4. F

    HELP! HD locked on reinstall!

    hi lovely peeps! So I'm stuck, I wanted to start my Mac from scratch with a fresh install of EI Capitan but now my hard drive is locked! Please see the attached images. https://www.dropbox.com/s/s023l3g3di72hhi/2016-01-17 13.00.51.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/fv3ffcyobuxp26j/2016-01-17...