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Hard Drive is not Working

A couple of days ago I restarted my computer and I got the folder with the question mark. I changed the Hard Drive with a new one. Now every time I do the internet recovery OSX installation it downloads it up until a 90 percent and then it restarts like something failed. Finally I keep getting the folder with the question mark. I tried this multiple times with the same result. It is not the new hard drive since i have tried it in other computers. Do you guys have any idea whats wrong with the installation?

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I think the best way here is to find a friend that has a Mac and get a USB thumb drive (16 GB or larger). Using your fiends Mac delete the FAT32 volume and reformat it to GUID and setup a new Mac OS Extended (Journaled) partition. Then using from the App Store the OS installer (make a backup before you use it) install the OS onto the thumb drive. Once done copy the OS installer over to the drive. Now using this thumb drive boot up your system and repeat the same tasks on your MacBook Pro. Don't forget to set the startup drive setting before shutting the system down.

If you couldn't get this to work the SSD you got is not compatible or you have a look give board problem which could explain why the other SSD died.

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