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MacBook: Boot from USB?

Fresh7 days ago
Mar 15, 202688066 views
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The hard drive in macbook (13 inch, white) failed a few days ago. I lost all my data, but will replace this with a new drive. The CD/DVD drive on this machine doesn't work as well due to some other mechanical problem. I'd like to recover this machine and install either newer Mac OS or Ubuntu. Since…

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Fix for: MacBook: Boot from USB?

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The Macbook can boot from USB. You will have to find a working Mac, and use your OS X disk to install onto the USB drive, Once you have done that, you will be able to boot from the USB disk (I have Snow Leopard and some disk repair utilities on a US…

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