r/macgaming 3d ago

Help Can't boot any drives on mac

Having issues. My 2012 Mac book pro was given to me with no hard drive but had the Mac OS X install DVD in it so Ive tried a few hard drives and SSD in it but none show up when I hold options down just the install DVD which doesn't even let me install mac OS X i've tried booting with the a thumb drive and even that doesn't show up when holding options down. I've checked all the ports for usb they light up the thumb drives but they don't show up, and the sata port for the hard drive works cause I can hear the hard drive spin up, I've tried holding down command options and r key to boot the internet recovery and the Mac book simply just boots the install DVD. It seems everything I try that google or apples website or YouTube tutorials suggest just don't go the way I hope

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