how can i get disk utility for mac os x 10.6.8

I know one can transfer files in single mode and I presume a back up from the MBP's hard drive to the Lacie. The fsck commands can't verify the internal hard drive - so it can't repair it long enough to start it up so I can get into the computer, remove Mountain Lion from the Lacie and reinstall Snow Leopard.ġ1. Only when I clicked and the box that popped up that should have shown me the start up disks - it was an empty box.ġ0. I chose start up so I could choose the Lacie and it would finish installing Mountain Lion. I figured the issue was the MBP was confused and trying to start up with its dying hard drive. I did once get it to start up with choosing the recovery thing as the start up and got to utility thingy. The MBP refuses to recognize the external super drive is hooked up to it.Ĩ. The internal super drive is dead so I can't start it with the Snow Leopard disc or a third party repair disc. I can't use command R to get to recovery mode because that doesn't work on a 2007 MBP. When I chose the Lacie or recovery thingy, it starts up but then shuts down in 20 seconds.ħ. Now the MBP refuses to start from the Lacie, it's own hard drive or the recovery thingy that pops up when I hold the Option key during start up.

An hour later it's still hung in the same spot. Two hours later, the bar meter was in the same place and still saying 30 minutes. It hung on the start up - saying it was installing (gray screen, little bar with a quarter of the meter bar darked out) and stating another 30 minutes was needed. Everything was going fine until the MacBook Pro restarted. I downloaded Mountain Lion and installed it to the Lacie.ĥ. To update iTunes I needed to upgrade Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion. When I went to restore it, iTunes refused to do so because it's too old.Ĥ. I used iTunes on the Lacie to back up the iPhone to the Lacie drive and erased it. I wanted to unlock my iPhone which requires backing it up, erasing it and restoring.ģ. I have been nursing it along by starting it up with a Lacie Porsche external USB drive until the new MBPs are released this year.Ģ. I have a 2007 MacBook Pro with a failing hard drive that won't verify the volume.

How can i get disk utility for mac os x 10.6.8