I know my back up exists I can see it on disk utility but migration and disc utility wont work to restore my back up on my new hard drive it shows up with the message "this disk is already in use" i am so done. someone pls help me

Otherwise software may be attempted to access the drive. The the computer up in Safe Mode by holding shift when you turn it on. Also be sure to power off and on the hard drive itself.

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Hi there,
I have read a lot of forum information in the last hour and I am not sure what direction to take.
I have a 2007 MacBook and my hardrive died so I have had a brand new Hitachi 5400rpm 1TB installed.
i am unable to format it as it is not appearing in Disc Utilities,
I am unable to select it as a start up disc as it is not showing (needs to be formated first?)
My external is not working when I try to backup from it.
Will I need another MAC as some forums suggest to format the new HD?
Thanks
K

An external disk drive enclosure can be had for just a few bucks, you can install the disk drive into it and connect it to your MacBooks USB port, like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2C50T39109
Or just a cable to do the same thing like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1PU0M68574
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I appreciate the prompt reply. I saw that on the support community and it isn't giving me a solution.
The disk where the volume I need to upgrade is 250.06 GB Hitachi, the partition window (current) does not have a blue marker for the used data space, so there is no way to resize it.
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Vendor:          NVidia
Product:          MCP89 AHCI
Link Speed:          3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed:          1.5 Gigabit
Description:          AHCI Version 1.30 Supported
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Native Command Queuing:          Yes
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Removable Media:          No
Detachable Drive:          No
BSD Name:          disk0
Rotational Rate:          5400
Medium Type:          Rotational
Partition Map Type:          GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status:          Verified
Volumes:
Capacity:          209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
Writable:          Yes
BSD Name:          disk0s1
Capacity:          249.72 GB (249,715,376,128 bytes)
Writable:          Yes
BSD Name:          disk0s2
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Available:          100.41 GB (100,405,456,896 bytes)
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BSD Name:          disk0s2s1
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Thanks for the advice.
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Should have read the directions.
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