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Trying to reinstall OS X lion

Hi I had a very small wine spill on keyboard ,I immediately turned it upside down disconnected battery and hardrive connections and left in airing cupboard for 2 days ..powered it up and it came on straight away connected to WiFi and all seemed good so tried to reinstall OS X and had all sorts problems saying disc locked etc etc this was when trying to reinstall Mac OS X El Capitan and now somehow it’s trying to install Mac OS X Lion but it’s saying select disc but there is no disc available…any ideas ,thanks

Update (11/29/2018)

Just one thing does it sound like the hard drive is ruined…anyone think it would be worth me buying another hd

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What are you trying to install from?

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Hi I am not good with computers at all ..sorry ..I just turned it on after it dried out and I got the reinstall option after pressing the 2 buttons on the left of space bar and the r ..I think maybe I should take it to a shop but I enjoy tinkering around with things I don’t understand but getting nowhere…so maybe I need to stick to plastering walls ..thanks for reply

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Hi,

This MacBook model can’t run OS X El Capitan (Model A1181). It may be worth buying a new hard drive if you can get one for under $20 used. However, software support for this machine is non existent so maybe you should consider an upgrade.

Kind Regards Sam

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Hi ithink it’s os x lion that’s what is coming on when I try to do a reinstall…just one thing do I need a disc to put in the side. My son said I don’t as it’s built in to the laptop. If I do we’re can I get one thanks.

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It sounds like you are booting into OS X Utilities. You can download OS X if you have before through this tool. You can always check eBay for OS X Lion Copies just make sure that it is compatible with your model. I wouldn’t pay any more that $15 for a copy.

Kind regards Sam

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Thanks …ok things have changed ,I found I do need a cd disc to reinstall which I found in the loft

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