Hello, I just replaced the hard drive in my intel imac and need to know how to now restore the operating system. The old hdd is completely dead. I have the apps install and o/s restore disks but cannot get the computer to respond to them.
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If you have a backup from time-machine you should be able to do a restore from it. Put in your OEM disk boot to it. Format the new HD, run the installer and when asked restore from Time Machine.
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Have you tried the following steps listed here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5943
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That wont work as he has a new (blank) HD - no repair partition on it.
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Have you tried booting up with the OS DVD in the optical drive?
by Dan