hey, i tryed wiping the second level of the harddrive the other day and it did nothing. by reformat i take it you just went to the erase tab of the second level and wiped the drive? how does a user boot into the flash drive without sited help? > On 17 Nov 2014, at 1:02 pm, Sarah k Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yeah. so I did this. > > 1. boot in to recovery > 2. reformat your mac's partition. After you do that the top level drive will > have the numbers. > 3. Restart in to your flash boot disk and reformat the whole drive. > 4. choose install os10 and follow the prompts. > > I showed this in my tutorial. I think I will though keep the part where the > bug is so that the user will not be like, Oh crap I broke it like I was > thinking. >> On Nov 16, 2014, at 4:47 PM, Michael Marshall <mightymaggie...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> hey, >> let me make shore i have this worked out. >> you reformatted the drive in recovery. after wiping the disc you then booted >> in to your flash drive and installed that way? >> did this unlock the drive completely? >>> On 17 Nov 2014, at 11:08 am, Sarah k Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I got it to work. >>> >>> 1. reformat yoru drive from the recovery consoul not yoru flash boot disk. >>> >>> 2. Once that is done then boot in to yoru flash disk and reinstall. >>> >>> Take care and hth. >>>> On Nov 16, 2014, at 11:16 AM, Michael Marshall <mightymaggie...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> it is the most annoying problem! it is driving me up the wall! I refuse to >>>> go to the Apple Store so they can fix the problem because one, i have done >>>> it before and it will just do it again and two, apple need to make a tool >>>> for the General user so we can unlock the drives. >>>> i’m a big fan of apple but i find this appalling. >>>> Michael >>>>> On 17 Nov 2014, at 6:07 am, Sarah k Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I finally got it, how ever my disks are still partually locked. I found a >>>>> thread on apple vis with someone else having the same problem. So it >>>>> looks like my monday release, unless I find a solution, is a negative. >>>>> This is an odd one, that it is. >>>>>> On Nov 16, 2014, at 1:26 AM, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello Sarah, >>>>>> >>>>>> Holding down the C key is no longer the way to boot from an external >>>>>> source. You have to hold down the Option key then press right arrow >>>>>> twice. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> >>>>>> Anne >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 16 Nov 2014, at 07:43, Sarah k Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello all. I was working on the final part of my Yosemite how to which >>>>>>> was going to be released in 2 days, that being Monday, and I went to >>>>>>> boot in to my newly made install. First, holding down the C key did not >>>>>>> work like it should have. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Second once I did manage to get booted in to the recovery drive >>>>>>> starting voice over was a bare. I had to hit enter on something then it >>>>>>> talked. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Third, once I went in to disk utility then to the partition, I could >>>>>>> not get my mac erased. All options were dimmed as if the disk is >>>>>>> locked, which it is not. 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