Okay, then Internet recovery is your friend here. For next time, if you don't want to have to go through that, create a bootable USB drive if you can find a way to do so. Not sure how you would do it for lion, as I don't think the installer and other needed necessities are available on the App Store. The only operating system this works for in a modern sense is Mavericks.
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 18, 2013, at 7:17 AM, "trevor" <trevor.sco...@btopenworld.com> wrote: > > Hi Josh, > I did completely erase the hard drive but, once I chose the network I had no > problem reinstalling lion, in fact, it is loading on as I write. > > Thanks for your help, > > Trevor > > > -----Original Message----- From: Josh Gregory > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 11:56 AM > To: OS X & iOS Accessibility > Subject: Re: Is there any other way of turning voice over on apart > fromcommandf 5? > > If you've done what I think you done, this might not be good, did you > completely erase the hard drive? If you did you're going to need a bootable > flash drive with the lion installer. If you don't have that, you're going to > need a cat five cable to connect to your ethernet so you can completely > re-download the operating system. If you don't have that, you're going to > have to go to the Apple Store, it's a nightmare but is the only other > solution. If you have a backup, you're good. But if not, you're going to be > out of luck. I don't mean to make you panic here, but I know I've done this > before with the same results that you might be having. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Nov 18, 2013, at 6:25 AM, "trevor" <trevor.sco...@btopenworld.com> wrote: >> >> Thanks David and Chris, >> I tried that and still no luck. >> I think the only thing I can do is to get someone with sight to take a look. >> >> Thanks again, >> >> Trevor >> -----Original Message----- From: David Griffith >> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 10:25 AM >> To: 'OS X & iOS Accessibility' >> Subject: RE: Is there any other way of turning voice over on apart >> fromcommand f 5? >> >> Have you tried Function Command F5? It may be that your ~function keys in >> recovery are set to hardware. >> >> David Griffith >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net >> [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of trevor >> Sent: 18 November 2013 09:30 >> To: mac-access@mac-access.net >> Subject: Is there any other way of turning voice over on apart from command >> f 5? >> >> I am having a few problems with maverick on my 15 inch macbook pro and >> I have uninstalled it and want to reinstall lion. >> When I restart the macbook in recovery, I can’t get voice over working with >> command f 5. >> This isn’t a problem on the IMac, so I can’t understand why it shouldn’t >> work on the macbook pro. >> >> Does anyone know of any other way of starting voice over please? >> >> Thank you, >> >> Trevor >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> mac-access@mac-access.net >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at >> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >> >> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that >> the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and >> worm-free. 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