How can i get an internal hard drive cable replacement?

how can i get an internal hard drive cable replacement?

I believe iFixit sells them:
http://www.ifixit.com/
You can also go to an Apple store, they won't sell you the part, but they will replace it for a fee.

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An ethernet connected drive is actually not part of the AE setup.
It is merely a client on the network.
So the first chore is to find it.
I saw in your other post it is iomega device..
http://www.iomega.com/support/manuals/800mseries/trblshoot_conf.html
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Other computers can access the network hard disk??
What OS is on the computer that is having access difficulty?
Can you please ping the hard disk.. on a Mac open the terminal and type ping followed by the address.
Or on a PC open the windows command and type the same thing.
Does the hard disk respond to ping?
Try mounting it directly in Mac by using Finder, go, connect to server.
SMB://IPaddress
Or CIFS://IPaddress or AFP://IPaddress
In windows type the address directly into the windows explorer address bar
\\IPaddress

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Thats why the need for rEFit and the need for GPT bootloader for the Linux partition.
rEFIt hasn't been updated in ages, I wouldn't use it on a 10.7 system. 10.6 sure, not 10.7
Links online are old and for earlier OS X verisons, not for Lion and it's usual problems and re-install proceedures.
Linux requires 2 partitions, one for swap, so really one needs 6 parttions on a Lion Mac.
EFI (hidden)
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Then there is a question of getting hardware drivers for Linux for newer Mac's, software to stop the fans from going into turbo mode etc., all that has to come from other that Apple sources.
It takes someone else more geekier to have a Mac and even bother to do all this for others, Apple won't supply the drivers, and newer Mac's fall by the wayside and have to wait until someone does it. Pre-2011 Mac's are no problem.
It's has to do with the low market share of Mac's, and that those wanting to install Linux directly on a Mac are a even smaller nitch, then a smaller nitch still of those who are coders and then will supply their code for others to use and install.
So getting this software is always going to be a behind process, then a recent Apple update can break the whole mess as they expect to see only OS X and Windows 7, not a triple or quad booting system.
So the best course of action, unless the person is full on computer coder geek, is for most Mac users to install Linux via a virtual machine software, which VirtualBox is free.
I'm all for open source, however since Apple has clearly show they are moving to locking down their computers, copy protected Mac App Store (no open source software allowed) and the possibility OS X itself will become copy protected too, there has been just about little further interest in Apple anymore from the open source community, and you really can't blame them, it's Apple.
If one needs full hardware performance, it's better now to get a Linux machine from System76, then have a Mac with OS X and Windows 7 in Bootcamp.
Forget installing Linux on a Mac unless it's running 10.6 and a 2010 model or earlier, there is no future 10.7 on out.

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This morning, when forcing a restart of a MacBook (It was non responsive in sleep) it restarted with 2 or 3 of those ominous tones and then the standard Mac startup sound. I then got the blinking folder indicating there was no system disk available. Disk utilities from a OS disk did not see the drive and when in target disk mode, the other computer did not see the drive. System Profiler did see the SATA hardware but no device was attached to it. Went out and bought a new SATA drive and installed it. Exactly the same problem. Tried resetting the PRAM and nothing. Suggestions?

Paul Kleeberg wrote:
This morning, when forcing a restart of a MacBook (It was non responsive in sleep) it restarted with 2 or 3 of those ominous tones and then the standard Mac startup sound. I then got the blinking folder indicating there was no system disk available. Disk utilities from a OS disk did not see the drive and when in target disk mode, the other computer did not see the drive. System Profiler did see the SATA hardware but no device was attached to it. Went out and bought a new SATA drive and installed it. Exactly the same problem. Tried resetting the PRAM and nothing. Suggestions?
Have you tried contacting AppleCare?

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You can go to a apple service center like CompUSA and have them install one for you. If you buy the drive from them, they will install it for free, otherwise it is like a 40 dollar charge. DO NOT attempt to install it yourself, not only will you void your warranty, the intel iMac is very difficult to open and work on and you will probably break something.
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i don't know if this question has been asked before: how can I use my external hard drive for my iphoto instead of my mac book pro memory? just like itunes all my song are save on my external hard drive. make sense?

Moving the iPhoto library is safe and simple - quit iPhoto and drag the iPhoto library intact as a single entity to the external drive - depress the option key and launch iPhoto using the "select library" option to point to the new location on the external drive - fully test it and then trash the old library on the internal drive (test one more time prior to emptying the trash)
And be sure that the External drive is formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) (iPhoto does not work with drives with other formats) and that it is always available prior to launching iPhoto
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I have been getting error messages saying the drive is not working.
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In Disk Utility select that external drive then click the Partition tab. Then select One partition from the Partition Layout drop down and make sure it is set to a GUID partition table, that is under the Options button, and the format is set to Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
Then Click the Apply Button. If the drive is still good it will be partitions and formatted and then can be used for a TM backup drive.
But I suspect either the drive is failing or the electronics in the drive enclosure are failing. In the first case there isn't much you can do about a failing hard drive except replace it. On the second part if the enclosure electronics are failing then you can take the physical hard drive out that enclosure and connect it to your mac with a SATA to USB adapter or put it in another enclosure.
Then you have the simple fact the Apple Mac notebook computers always seem to have a problem with these USB Bus powered external hard drives. It seems the USB port on Mac notebook don't put out enough power on the USB port to fully power up these type of drives. They do some times but not always. One work around for that is to use a Y USB cable that connect to 2 USB ports at the same time to supply more power to the drive.

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Time machine can not select my internal hard drive any more. I only can back up external disks. Does anyone know how to fix this?
All answers are much appreciated

I don't know the answer but I have the same thing happen. I have two external drives I use for backup. Sometimes it can see one and sometimes another. Then sometimes it can't see either one. I will take one out for a while then plug it back in and then it may see it. Maybe it's a cable issue or something but I will be curious to hear what someone more knowledgeable says.

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how can i reformat my external hard drive without loosing any data?

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It's impossible to format a hard drive without losing the data. One thing you can do before formatting is to copy the files from the external drive to your internal drive, and then, format the external drive. After formatting, copy the files to the external drive again, and everything will be as before formatting it

How can my daughter use the hard drive in the Time Capsule ...

So, I am in Oklahoma and my daughter is in Tennessee...
She has a Time Capsule where the Wi-fi base station quit working, but the hard drive may be OK.
She bought an Airport Express to use as a wi-fi router.
The question, then, is:
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It can be done but is very messy. That is assuming the TC is still functional which I kind of doubt.. the wifi is seldom the only thing that will die .. so whatever problems it has the wifi would be the least of it.
Anyway.. do a factory reset to get started.
The Factory Reset Gen1-4.
Unplug your TC. Hold in reset. and power the TC back on.. without releasing reset for about 10sec. When the status light flashes rapidly; release it.
Be Gentle! Feel the switch click on. It has a positive feel.. add no more pressure after that.
TC will reboot after a couple of minutes with default factory settings and will wipe out previous configurations.
No files are deleted on the hard disk.. No reset of the TC deletes files.. to do that you use erase from the airport utility.
If the LED is not lit then the TC is dead, not just the wireless.
The setup for using the TC is explained in the bottom of this thread.
TC in a second local network.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4817218?tstart=30
The idea is to set the TC to provide router function.. and the computer plugged in by ethernet to as a second network.. but there are rules on how this is done which I have explained in that thread.
I notice that Mountain Lion deals better with order of network priority than Snow Leopard used to .. so it might not need to have manually set gateway and dns.. although I would still recommend it. It simply stops the second network causing issues.
It is much easier to simply purchase an external drive and plug that in.
It is cheaper, faster and more reliable than using the TC for TM anyway.
Plus a lot of the later machines no longer have ethernet ports.. and using dongles is far from neat.. although thunderbolt to ethernet is IMHO necessary accessory for anyone without ethernet.

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Unfortunately, that drive is long gone, probably back to the mfr. Drives are not returned when they are exchanged. You can go by and ask them, but the chances are slim to none.

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Attach drive, open Time Machine preferences, be sure external drive is not in the Exclude list.

Can i get a bigger Hard drive in my Macbook? :)

Hey everybody, a few questions for your guys. Thanks
Can i get a larger hard drive in my macbook
whats the largest size
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were can you buy them from
and is it easy install
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Here is a Do-it-yourself guide.
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Other World Computing can help you find the parts that are compatible with your particular computer model, and they may offer a small rebate for your original RAM/drive.

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Is there any way to store the back up to Mac and restore after formating?

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