ey up john. post a link to my instructions on building a USB recovery drive / pen drive. this would help new users. it was an article I passed onto you. take care. lew On 5 Apr 2013, at 17:49, John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Agreed. The installation became corrupt and there is no system disk that > can be located. As an alternative, you could try starting the Mac in Target > disk mode by holding down the t key with it connected to a healthy Mac and > then see if it, at least, can mount on the healthy Mac so you can use disk > utility to erase the disk and do a fresh install. However, chances are, the > "sick" Mac's system disk won't be able to mount on the healthy one. Even > so,, it's still worth a shot if you have the time and inclination. > > > Take Care > > John D. Panarese > Director > Mac for the Blind > Tel, (631) 724-4479 > Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com > > APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION > > AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE > > MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > > On Apr 5, 2013, at 12:06 PM, Edward Redfern <edwardredfern@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> you need to run internet recovery and use the ethernet connection >> >> lew >> >> On 5 Apr 2013, at 17:05, "Kliphton" <kliphton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> Okay, was trying to reinstall mountain lion on my wife’s MBA, somehow the >>> power button got pushed during the install, now when we power it up, she >>> says there is a blank folder with a question mark. How can I fix this? Is >>> it possible? Thanks. >>> >>> Kliphton Senior >>> (iMessage&Email) kliphton@xxxxxxxxxx >>> (Twitter&Skype) kliphton72 >>> (Personal blog-read at your own risk!) http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com >>> (Life Journal) kliphton.wordpress.com >>> http://facebook.com/kliphandsharrie >>> >> >