MacOS – How to recover from accidently diskpart’ing an OS X drive, destroying everything

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Ok, so, I just got my Mac back after 5 months in the repair shop. I went to install winblows 7 via Boot Camp Assistant, but was having issues. I went into diskpart, and not remembering how to use it, accidently formatted the OS X drive. Not knowing what I had just done, I went and cleaned it. It wasn't until a few formats and conversions later that I realized I had obliterated every last one of my files and critical system stuff, including my recovery drive, because I had selected the wrong volume to change.

I have no doubt there is no way to get my files back, but I at least want OS X back. I have no access to any other Mac anywhere, and I can't afford to pay for support or a new image, and somehow every last Time Machine backup is corrupt.

What can or should I do?

EDIT: As per request, I ran clean format convert delete recover and create in diskpart. The external drive was not empty, but is now :/

MacBook Pro,
Model A1502,
Mfd. late 2014,
11" model,
128GB Internal SSD,
1TB external HDD,
x64 Architecture

Best Answer

If you can connect to a standard wireless WPA/WPA2 network, it should be possible to reinstall OS X from an internet connection. Try booting with ⌘-Option-R held down as soon as you power on. Do not let go until the Apple logo is visible on screen.

Per this Apple support article:

Newer Macs include the ability to start up directly from an Internet-based version OS X Recovery. Your Mac automatically uses this feature when the Recovery System on the startup drive isn't available. For example, if your startup drive encounters an issue, or if your startup drive has been replaced or erased. Internet Recovery lets you start your Mac directly from Apple's servers.

I would not attempt to do this until you have exhausted any options you wish to take for data recovery.

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