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Hafsalmb

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Sep 27, 2023
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I have a macbook A1278, hard disk damaged. Then the local computer service guy put a new ssd and install windows 10 on my mac, i deleted the windows partition thought comand prompt, now my macbook screen is White and a blinking folder with a question mark, i tried every key compilation to get recovery but the mechine remain same please. help me with a solution.
 
There's no system on your computer, so nothing to boot from.

You need an external install disk using a USB key. Or connect your Mac to another Mac, and run the installer from there.
 
There's no system on your computer, so nothing to boot from.

You need an external install disk using a USB key. Or connect your Mac to another Mac, and run the installer from there.
Please help me how to make external install disk with a USB
 
It can sometimes take a minute or two of holding down the buttons to get it to work. Or does it go to the blinking ? folder?
It would require access to his Wifi in order to work, which it can't, as it has no system to boot from.
This is probably it then.

I have bought many old Macs without internal drives or with dead ones, and felt like I have gotten internet recovery to work on them without issue, but chances are, I was connected to Ethernet.
 
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