Re: Deleted EFI Partition

2011-12-12 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
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 ta

Re: Deleted EFI Partition

2011-12-12 Thread Gavin
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" wrot

Re: Deleted EFI Partition

2011-12-11 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
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 t

Deleted EFI Partition

2011-12-11 Thread Gavin
> 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 que