I need to reset and reload a 2009 macbook pro but when I go into disk utility there ARE THREE drives listed as ;
hitachi 500 gb
untitled 499 gb
superdrive
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AND THIS ONE LISTED AS FOLLOWS
disk one mac osx base system
Can somebody please tell me which drive to erase and then reload os to as nothing is listed as macintosh hd as peeps state in the vid tutorials ?
Thanks for your help :)
Earlier Mac models
in your list,
Hitachi as the manufacturer-given immutable name of the physical device.
untitled as a human-created item, likely a Volume, likely on the Hitachi device
SuperDrive is generally the DVD reader, but is not usually shown UNLESS there is a readable Volume in the drive
below the line,
... MacOS Base system is either the recovery system or a disk image of the recovery system and can NOT be installed on. it is typically under 2GB in size, FAR too small for a macOS to be installed onto it.
Every Installer image has a Recovery system inside it, so this could be your incoming installer.
in your list,
Hitachi as the manufacturer-given immutable name of the physical device.
untitled as a human-created item, likely a Volume, likely on the Hitachi device
SuperDrive is generally the DVD reader, but is not usually shown UNLESS there is a readable Volume in the drive
below the line,
... MacOS Base system is either the recovery system or a disk image of the recovery system and can NOT be installed on. it is typically under 2GB in size, FAR too small for a macOS to be installed onto it.
Every Installer image has a Recovery system inside it, so this could be your incoming installer.
a 2009 MacBook Pro does not have Recovery in its ROM. if you are in Recovery, it was loaded off a drive.
in later MacBook Pro (about 2011 models) a .dmg (compressed disk image file) is included in the Mac's startup Read-Only Memory (ROM), and often appears on the list, but always below the line.
the hierarchy is missing from your diagram, and would be helpful. partitions are shown Indented below physical drives.
this is from a somewhat later version of Disk Utility. highlighted is physical devices WDC WD800HLFS which holds a partition named X11-Drv80
Thanks everyone for your help :)
question on reset of 2009 macbook pro
