How to install El capitan to my Macbook 2009 after disk failure

Hi I recently change my HDD after a failure with a new ssd and I can't find a way to install macos on it. I only have a pc with windows as a second machine and I can't find a way to make a usb installation disk.

MacBook Pro 15″, OS X 10.11

Posted on Jun 15, 2025 05:45 AM

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Jun 16, 2025 11:54 PM in response to Matti Haveri

Thanks for the info, I manage to make a Bootable usb installer and after I try to connect to apple servers for El capitan dmg download I get a 403 error witch I see is common reading other reports here because the apple server doesn't allow access. Anyway I manage to make a USB full installer with Lion os version and from Lion I updated my Mac to El Capitan . Thanks for the info anyway.

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