Question How do i install osx on a mac pro early 2008 without hard drive?

[thejuanvisu]

Hi, some time ago i bought a mac pro without hard drive or install discs. I would like to know how can i install the OS on this computer, i dont have other mac os system, so i would like to know how to do it with a windows computer.
I installed it a new hard drive.

 

[The_Prophecy]

Best way would be to use MacOS Internet Recovery.

 

[BadAsAl]

Unfortunately the 2008 MacBook Pro does not have the internet recovery feature. Your best bet honestly is to buy a USB drive that already has the installer for the version of OSX you want. I recommend El Capitan as that one for sure works on that model as I have one myself. Or you have to find the OSX image yourself and then do a bunch of stuff to be able to create the install USB from a Windows machine.

This one is $13:
https://www.amazon.com/Mac-10-11-Ca...l+capitan+usb&qid=1551290835&s=gateway&sr=8-2

Then you just boot to the install drive, format the new hard drive, and install OSX. There are lots of guides out there so I won't link to them but just search "Formatting Mac drive using Disk Utility" and "Installing Mac OSX from USB".

 

[The_Prophecy]

My bad.... I totally read the year of the device wrong in the thread title. Yes, you would need to set up a flash drive with the MacOS installer using another computer.