When attempting to format my new internal Hitachi 500 GB hard drive I get an I/o error and the drive is reading as a 3.4 TB drive in disk utility. Any thoughts?
I have a 2007 MacBook. 2 years ago I upgrade the HD to a 500 GB 7200 RPM Hitachi. That drive just failed so I purchased another from the same store. When attempting to reload the OS the drive was not showing up as an option when asked to select a destination drive for the OS. I then exited the install and opened disk utility. Disk utility lists the capacity of the drive as 3.4 TB and when attempting to partition the drive it gives an input/output error. So I tried the hard drive from my other MacBook which already has an OS on it and it works fine. I surmised that the drive was faulty and had the store exchange it for another of a different model, but same specs. Second drive is doing the exact same thing. I figured there must be something wrong internally with the logic board so I tried using my other MacBook to load the OS and it's giving me the same exact error. Now I'm wondering what the deal is. When using the original 160 GB HD that came in the machine it works fine but the brand new one doesn't work. Any thoughts?
I have a 2007 MacBook. 2 years ago I upgrade the HD to a 500 GB 7200 RPM Hitachi. That drive just failed so I purchased another from the same store. When attempting to reload the OS the drive was not showing up as an option when asked to select a destination drive for the OS. I then exited the install and opened disk utility. Disk utility lists the capacity of the drive as 3.4 TB and when attempting to partition the drive it gives an input/output error. So I tried the hard drive from my other MacBook which already has an OS on it and it works fine. I surmised that the drive was faulty and had the store exchange it for another of a different model, but same specs. Second drive is doing the exact same thing. I figured there must be something wrong internally with the logic board so I tried using my other MacBook to load the OS and it's giving me the same exact error. Now I'm wondering what the deal is. When using the original 160 GB HD that came in the machine it works fine but the brand new one doesn't work. Any thoughts?
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