mac starts with a question mark

I formatted my daughters macbook and now it starts with a question mark

Pls help


Posted on Jun 28, 2023 11:23 PM

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Jun 29, 2023 1:12 AM in response to sanjivgambhir

If you formatted the drive, it's showing you the question mark because there is no operating system to boot.


Did you use an external startup drive when you were reformatting the MacBook's internal drive? If so, maybe you could use that drive to start up the MacBook, so you can download a macOS installer or restore the internal drive from a backup.

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