Help, I deleted all hard drive services on my iMac and didn't make a backup?
Hello, I got an iMac as a gift and when I turned it on I saw logos where I could log in but then I was on YouTube and pressed R on my Windows keyboard and an OSX utility came up and it says see in the picture I then deleted everything on the hard drive utility without a backup and now when I'm trying to reinstall OSX and log in to the app store it says error 404 and I don't use WiFi but a hotspot and a Windows key and I can't get out of this program is there any way to save it I mean I don't want to just throw it away I wanted to ask how can I get to this globe loop on a Windows keyboard because I can't do it and does it maybe have something to do with the keyboard do I have to use an Apple keyboard and can it still be saved I mean because all the hard drives have been deleted I appreciate any help I have no idea and sometimes it says your message could not be sent at the moment I'm desperate how can I get a new install hard disk or somehow reset it
I'm desperate 🥺
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That looks like a pretty old iMac :D.
Have you ever tried to use a Lan cable instead of W-Lan and then run the installation?
no unfortunately I have no one please I really need help
but does that have to do with what I deleted the cosplating program?
You’re talking a lot of things:
What is that? I don’t know any hard disk services that you delete as a user when installing OS X on Mac.
“AppStore”? What app store? Where are you going to do when you do the AppStore and what exactly are you doing?
And what exactly is “no Wi-Fi but Hotspot”? How do you connect the computer with this hotspot?
You would have to describe your very precise approach, step by step, in detail. Started with “I’ll turn on the computer, then… “
So that we know what you do exactly where you are (in which program), how the computer is connected to it, …
What? “plus R”? And why don’t you use an Apple keyboard on Mac? Then we would at least know what Mac OS key combinations you are talking about. So you’d have to tell us what your shortcut means on the Mac.
How would it be to go to the second point in the program on the first photo (“Reinstall OS X”) and then, in the follow-up screen, which should appear when the source is asked to select the “Recovery HD” that your computer obviously has (see 2nd picture).
The OS X utility will be restarted with “CMD-R” (see here). But of course I’m going out of an Apple keyboard. To “translate” on your Windows keyboard what you need to press there instead, that’s your problem. Probably you can googlen.
ok I will try to upload a video or more photos here so they step white understand what is going on
You can also just ask to write. A video without any comments or a deer of photos alone is also not a solution.
on a Windows keyboard, the Windows key works as a CMD button.
Ah, OK. Thanks for the info.