
This should load directly over the internet and may need you to login to the App Store and WiFi during startup. I'm pretty sure your standard recovery would not work without a working SSD, so your partition map is probably the reason a reformat doesn't work. Sorry there is no alternative without another drive handy. This will delete your recovery and files and reset your mac to a fresh install. Repartition the disk from Internet Recovery and then format and install as normal. ”This may take a while.” Internet Recovery will download a fresh recovery to your RAM then run that so that your hard drive is completely unrelated to the process. “Starting Internet Recovery,” the message reads. Hold the keys until the animated globe appears on the screen. Power on your Mac, then hold down the Command (⌘) – Option (⌥) – R combination immediately upon hearing the startup chime.
