The most common setups are wifi or ethernet. not sure on the USB modems point of view as I don't use them. it should recognise one. if not then it's best uding either ethernet or wifi to connect. usually, it downloads a small setup to srtart the process, then downloads about 4gb data. doesn't take that long depending on your connection.
good luck. if you get stuck, let me know. lew On 12 Dec 2011, at 09:17, Gavin wrote: > Hi Lew, > > I'm busy trying Internet recovery at the moment. How much data does it have > to download before the Lion installer comes up? Also, will I be able to use > USB modems in recovery mode, or can I only use wi-fi or ethernet? > > Regards, > > Gavin > > > > On 11 Dec 2011, at 11:52, "Mr. L. Alexander" <turningbyto...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> your partition map has been affected sadly. I'm amazed you've managed to do >> it within windows 7. oh well... these things happen. >> >> this is however a case for a system recovery job. Either via supplied DVD >> media or if your machine was recent and did not come with the DVD media, >> it's a connect to the internet from EFI firmware. >> >> to do this, try Command R. this should load lion recovery. if it doesn't >> then it should load internet recovery. if not, then it sounds like all you >> have is a windows boot volume. >> >> If you have your recovery CD's to hand, it is time to start using them from >> scratch. at this time, you don't need to do a clean install if the volume >> can still be found by the installer, just install over. this helps repair >> any issues found. >> >> lIf this doesn't work, email me with all steps you've taken, your machine >> spec, whether you had it installed with lion as default when purchased or >> upgraded from 10.6, etc and I'll spare some time with you where I can. >> >> I'm kind of in a pickle myself... repairing a powerbook G3 pismo for the >> charity and I don't have a spare G4 or PPC mac to do a specialist restore >> with so am a bit stuffed. DAMN YOU INTEL lol >> >> lew >> >> On 11 Dec 2011, at 09:36, Gavin wrote: >> >>>> Hi guys, >>> >>> I'm in a bit of a pickle. Somehow, I've managed to delete my EFI system >>> partition from within Windows 7, and now I can't boot from any of the >>> volumes on my hard disk, including the recovery partition. I currently >>> don't have access to another Mac, so Target Disk mode is out of the >>> question at the moment. I was thinking of using a Vinux disk to boot from, >>> but that wouldn't solve my problem because Vinux doesn't have Mac sound >>> drivers. Is there a way to recreate the EFI partition without completely >>> erasing the drive and starting from scratch? I really hope I haven't >>> screwed up my partition map! >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Gavin >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> Mr. L. 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