I am trying to insert a disk into my cd drive, but it wont take it...
I am trying to insert a disk into my cd drive, but it wont take it... there is nothing in the drive as i can get the disk in up to the point of practically losing it.
If anyone can help with this I would greatly appreciate it. I have looked in system profiler and as far as I can see there is no software linking the drive to the MacBookPro.
Many Thanks.
You will need to boot from some alternate boot device to accomplish this, if you did not initialize the drive before installing it.
If you have another Mac, you may be able to use FireWire target disk mode.
If your MacBook has a DVD reader and you have a Mac OS X Installer/Utilities DVD, such as the one that shipped with it, you can boot from that DVD, answer only the "what Language" question, and wait a quarter minute for the MenuBar to be drawn. Then examine the Utilities menu or the Installer menu and Find Disk Utility.
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