Hi, I believe that Sierra is not compatible with that machine. When you start up from the CD or DVD, is the Macintosh HD visible? If so, then the HD is likely OK. There are cases when the HD is visible to Disk Utility or the installer, but the installation will fail. In those cases, the HD probably has some bad sectors and is essentially at the end of its life cycle. Whether it is or not though, I don't believe that Sierra is an option for that unit. It may have more life left in it if you install an SSD with El Capitan or Yosemite.
HTH. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Nov 17, 2016, at 18:23, Portia Scott <portia.sc...@gmail.com> wrote: Hey all, For some odd reason, my friend Michelle's MacBook Pro, Which is from mid 2009, Will not boot anything unless it is from a CD/DVD. I have tried redoing the USB thumb drive/ SD card, both with terminal using the MacWorld article, And the disc maker ex six release candidate version that is made for Mack OS Sierra. Could the hard drive be totally gone? It won't install Mac from the DVD, But funnily enough, it will install Linux… I am not sure what is going on with it, but I do not know what to do at this point. I have tried helping her in any way, shape or form. We did redo the SD card and USB drive for two days straight. So any ideas would be very appreciated, thank you very much Sincerely, A very confused and baffled Portia, lol. PS. Sorry for the mention of linux, just... <Sighs>. Very confused and baffled here. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
