HELP!!! IMAC REINSTALLATION ISSUES!

[Kelsey Kittleson]

First off ill let you know that im not all that familiar with apple. I am attempting to reinstall Yosemite on my 2009 iMac that I just purchased from a friend of a friend with no installation disc. I followed the instructions to format my hard drive and went back to OS X utilities and tried to reinstall operating system and it will not let me. Apparently I must of reformatted the hard drive incorrectly because it tells me this...

 

[Cory Cooper]

Hello and welcome.

Just a friendly note - all CAPS represents yelling in online communications.

Many times this error is shown because the Mac isn' connected to the Internet. Make sure you are connected via an Ethernet cable, or signed into your Wi-Fi before staring the install. Sometimes however, you will need to use an OS X USB installer created on another Mac with an app like DiskMaker X.

Do you have an Apple Store near you? They can easily assist you and get it installed.

C

 

[Cory Cooper]

Also, I just took a second look at your screenshot, and it looks like you are attempting to install OS X Yosemite in a Parallels virtual machine. Is that correct?

C