Sorry you are stuck here. Let's see if your El Capitan drive is able to boot up your system. It needs to be the startup target to achieve that you'll need to plug the drive in on of the USB2 ports and restart your system, but this time press the ***Option (⌥)*** key on the USB connected keyboard to enter the Startup manager
Let's see if your El Capitan drive is able to boot up your system. It needs to be the startup target to achieve that. You'll need to plug the drive in one of the USB2 ports and restart your system, but this time press the ***Option (⌥)*** key on the USB connected keyboard to enter the Startup manager, then continue the setup.
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If that fails then the USB drive may not be compatible with the older 2.0 USB spec, or the drive's format was not GUID with a journaled file system which is needed for the drive to work properly. Windows systems to have the ability to format a compatible format on the drive without adding a utility or extension.
If you have a friend who has a Mac see if he can help you
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If that fails then the USB drive may not be compatible with the older 2.0 USB spec, or the drive's format was not GUID with a Journaled File System which is needed for the drive to work properly.
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[https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372|How to create a bootable installer for macOS]
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For Windows systems to have the ability to format a compatible format on the drive will require adding a utility or extension program.
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If you have a friend who has a Mac see if they can help you
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[link|https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372|How to create a bootable installer for macOS]
As you can see you do need a mac to then unpack the ***InstallMacOSX.pkg*** file into ***Install OS X El Capitan*** application. Hopefully you still have this file.
Sorry you are stuck here. Let's see if your El Capitan drive is able to boot up your system. It needs to be the startup target to achieve that you'll need to plug the drive in on of the USB2 ports and restart your system, but this time press the ***Option (⌥)*** key on the USB connected keyboard to enter the Startup manager
Reference: [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201255|Mac startup key combinations]
If that fails then the USB drive may not be compatible with the older 2.0 USB spec, or the drive's format was not GUID with a journaled file system which is needed for the drive to work properly. Windows systems to have the ability to format a compatible format on the drive without adding a utility or extension.
If you have a friend who has a Mac see if he can help you
[https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372|How to create a bootable installer for macOS]
As you can see you do need a mac to then unpack the ***InstallMacOSX.pkg*** file into ***Install OS X El Capitan*** application. Hopefully you still have this file.