Nancy.E Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Hello guys , i need some serious help I bought a IMAc From a friend and the HDD was completely wiped no STARTUP DISK OR NOTHING i USE WINDOWS KEYBOARD I NEED TO INSTALL MAC OS X , MAVERICK ON IT , my friend told me she had maverick on it but someone wiped the HDD for her WHEN i created bootable USB with a maverick i downloaded from internet it didnt boot i tried dvd it didnt boot it was bootable iso i created with windows software transmac can someone tell me how to setup a new MAC OS X ON MY imac its MID 2011 WITH 1 Tb HDD it just gives me question mark with any command using the PC keyboard anyone please help , with deep details and simple to understand i am new to MAC THANKS. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/338338-install-mac-osx-blank-hdd-no-startup-disk-using-pc-keyboard/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danual Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 This forum is more for running Mac OS on no. Apple hardware. Best way to get a bootable usb drive is to do it from another machine running Mac OS if you can get access to one. Can be done on windows but I’ve never tried it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/338338-install-mac-osx-blank-hdd-no-startup-disk-using-pc-keyboard/#findComment-2670316 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancy.E Posted April 15, 2019 Author Share Posted April 15, 2019 I did bootable USB but it wont load with my PC KEYBOARD , it shows me a flashing question mark right now i am burning a file to my dvd and hope mac will read my dvd WITH C command to boot from dvd I am burning a 8 gig dual DVD at the moment i will see if i may use MAC on my DESKTOP but i have a problem with VMWARE installing mac with AMD , right now i need someone who can help me with a clean install to a blank hdd on real iMAC Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/338338-install-mac-osx-blank-hdd-no-startup-disk-using-pc-keyboard/#findComment-2670328 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danual Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Have you tried holding the alt key when it boots with the usb drive in the Mac. Is the keyboard wired? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/338338-install-mac-osx-blank-hdd-no-startup-disk-using-pc-keyboard/#findComment-2670405 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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