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Will it boot if you hold down the shift key?
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Will it boot if you hold down the shift key?

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I hold down SHIFT as laptop is turning on , goes to same screens : <br />
Language Select , <br />
Says : Installing , <br />
Then goes to error message = OS X can't be installed...<br />
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Restore from back up ... .. . . .. ... or Restart<br />
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?
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I hold down SHIFT as laptop is turning on , goes to same screens :
Language Select ,
Says : Installing ,
Then goes to error message = OS X can't be installed...

Restore from back up ... .. . . .. ... or Restart


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Have a MacBook (Early 2008) that just goes to screen : Backup or Restart - <br />
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Is there a way to bypass this or re-install OS?<br />
Thanks
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Have a MacBook (Early 2008) that just goes to screen : Backup or Restart - 

Is there a way to bypass this or re-install OS?
Thanks

MacBook Not Loading OS

Mac OS X is the desktop operating system from Apple Inc., found on Macintosh computers. OS X consists of a Mach/BSD-based kernel, operating system interfaces primarily based on FreeBSD and additional frameworks (written in C, C++ and Objective-C providing user interface and application-level services.

Mac OS X

Apple's early computers ran on a variety of operating systems, including a Pascal version and one based on CP/M, before releasing its ProDOS with the advent of its 16-bit computer. With the release of the Lisa, which had its own OS, Apple and computing entered the graphical age; it was followed by the Macintosh, which offered a series of "System" operating systems. Other Mac operating systems included PowerPC until Apple acquired NeXT and folded it into the Mac OS. Current operating systems for Apple devices are Mac OS-X and iOS.