Back story:
I recently purchased a 2010 MBP for a couple of beers worth of $$ and replaced the charging port for a few more beers worth. To my surprise, the battery looks to be in relatively good health. I have no idea how long it has been stored empty, but hopefully I'll be able to see the battery diagnostics once I get an OS running. The person selling claimed the HD for security reasons. I bought the device for my partner to use for basic computing. Nothing special. I was also interested in the challenge of fixing it, because I know they can be relatively easy to fix.
Current status:
Computer turns on, battery appears to be holding a charge, and I've got a couple 128GB SSD's laying around. I'm trying to install an OS but really scratching my head as to how this is done. Right now, the MBP chimes and after a brief moment a file folder with a ? appears.
Additional tools:
I have a 2015 MBP which wants nothing to do with the older OS's, and a 2009 MP running 10.9.5. I tried using my backup boot drive from my MP plugged in via firewire in target disk mode, but the nothing happened. The only thing that showed up on the screen is the firewire logo. It may be possible the firewire port is damaged, but I doubt that.
Attempting a boot disk:
On my 2015 MBP, I was able to download Yosemite through the app store, and following some terminal commands that I found online, it appears to have actually made it into an installer on an SD card. After plugging the 128GB SSD into an external enclosure, I thought I would be able to use that installer to create a boot drive, and after clicking the installer, it "installed" in on the SSD. It took about 10 minutes, and reset my system.
Boot disk doesn't boot:
The current state of the new SSD boot disk is that it does not show up under startup disk in system prefs. and when I click on it (still says untitled), there are a few hidden files and a folder that says OS X install data. The overall file size is only 222 MB, which suggests that I had only downloaded an upgrade and do not have the original base OS.
Now what?
Can someone either tell me where I can get a base OS software downloaded and installed, or point in the right direction? I can't believe the hardware issue was so easy to fix, but the software has taken me way too long for what the system is even worth. Most online tutorials simply say, hold down command R and download the software. Because this is a 2010, I guess that's not built into the BIOS. It's extremely frustrating.
All help is appreciated!
I recently purchased a 2010 MBP for a couple of beers worth of $$ and replaced the charging port for a few more beers worth. To my surprise, the battery looks to be in relatively good health. I have no idea how long it has been stored empty, but hopefully I'll be able to see the battery diagnostics once I get an OS running. The person selling claimed the HD for security reasons. I bought the device for my partner to use for basic computing. Nothing special. I was also interested in the challenge of fixing it, because I know they can be relatively easy to fix.
Current status:
Computer turns on, battery appears to be holding a charge, and I've got a couple 128GB SSD's laying around. I'm trying to install an OS but really scratching my head as to how this is done. Right now, the MBP chimes and after a brief moment a file folder with a ? appears.
Additional tools:
I have a 2015 MBP which wants nothing to do with the older OS's, and a 2009 MP running 10.9.5. I tried using my backup boot drive from my MP plugged in via firewire in target disk mode, but the nothing happened. The only thing that showed up on the screen is the firewire logo. It may be possible the firewire port is damaged, but I doubt that.
Attempting a boot disk:
On my 2015 MBP, I was able to download Yosemite through the app store, and following some terminal commands that I found online, it appears to have actually made it into an installer on an SD card. After plugging the 128GB SSD into an external enclosure, I thought I would be able to use that installer to create a boot drive, and after clicking the installer, it "installed" in on the SSD. It took about 10 minutes, and reset my system.
Boot disk doesn't boot:
The current state of the new SSD boot disk is that it does not show up under startup disk in system prefs. and when I click on it (still says untitled), there are a few hidden files and a folder that says OS X install data. The overall file size is only 222 MB, which suggests that I had only downloaded an upgrade and do not have the original base OS.
Now what?
Can someone either tell me where I can get a base OS software downloaded and installed, or point in the right direction? I can't believe the hardware issue was so easy to fix, but the software has taken me way too long for what the system is even worth. Most online tutorials simply say, hold down command R and download the software. Because this is a 2010, I guess that's not built into the BIOS. It's extremely frustrating.
All help is appreciated!
