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Hard drive not showing in Recovery Mode despite reformat in HFS+

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Same issue as related in this thread but I already did the following: - Re-created a new GPT (GUID) partition table (using GParted, Ubuntu) - Created an HFS+ partition specifically for my MacOS - Re-created an EFI system partition of +500Mb And yet, when using the Internet Recovery Mode, two things happen: 1. The wrong MacOS is being downloaded (Mac OS X Yosemite, instead of Monterrey) 2. The HFS+ partition created does not show. ----------------- **What did I miss?** A possible solution would be to reformat the hard drive using Diskutil (Terminal, Recovery Mode) but no idea how to target the correct hard drive. ----------------- This what my partition table looks like from GParted: enter image description here And this is what my Disk Utility shows on Recovery Mode: enter image description here ----------------- Things to take into consideration: - I used to have an APFS hard drive before. But that must have been replaced by the HFS+ partition. - I did not use FileVault or encrypted the disk (have had a lot of problems in using that).
Asked by James69 (77 rep)
Feb 28, 2022, 03:09 PM
Last activity: Jul 15, 2025, 12:03 AM