I've got a doozy of setup

[jigga]

So here's the deal. A friend of mine bought a used macbook, and HIS friend decided it would be a good idea to wipe osx and put windows 7 on the macbook. I have no idea how he got it to work, but here I am, surfing the interwebs.

The problem: My friend wants osx back on his laptop. Audio and the webcam dont work, so he wants to revert to the old setup. But I have no idea how. I have tried holding c when starting the laptop, but after jumping into the mac installer, an error pops up saying mac osx cant be installed. I think the way to do it is to wipe windows 7, then install mac osx, but I'm not sure it will work and not looking forward to a black plastic brick.

Any suggestions how I go about this? How do I wipe windows 7? Why is there an error message saying I cant install osx?

 

[Chappy]

The error is probably caused by your friend wiping it off the machine. How do you expect to install an OS that's been deleted?

and HIS friend decided it would be a good idea to wipe osx and put windows 7 on the macbook

I think you'll have to find a copy of OSX from a friend or he'll have to buy one from some Apple store.

Oh ya, Welcome to our Forum!

 

[johngalt]

Interestingly enough, I have both Tiger and Leopard for iMacs - should be pretty comparable, but I don't know if it is going ot have *all* the required drivers for the hardware in the MacBook....

Search around for a Leopard 10.5.x(latest is bets) install disc for the MacBooks - perhaps on the newsgroups....