MacBook Pro :: Restore To Unformatted Internal Hard Drive From Time Machine

Dec 1, 2014

I want to put a new hard drive in my Macbook Pro running 10.7 and restore my backup from Time Machine.  I do not have any copies of 10.7 because it came installed on my Macbook Pro.  I also do not have an external hard drive or enclosure to do any cloning procedures.  Since there will be no OSX installed on this unformatted hard drive ….how can I get this drive formatted and restore my backup from Time Machine?

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Macbook Pro 10.7

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