MacBook Pro 5,1 - new HD not recognized
hi,
2 weeks ago suddenly my MacBook Pro (5,1) started giving signs of an HD related disease. having a good backup (phew!) I simply ordered a new Western Digital Blue Scorpio 500Gb (same size I already had) and replaced it.
Nope! When I restarted my MBP, the new HD didn't show up in Disk Utility under Snow Leopard.
I browsed various resources, then put the new HD in an external box and reformatted it. then I put it IN the MacBook Pro, but without success.
presently I am using my MBP from an external HD (not really confortable) and apparently NO other HD but the original one (Hitachi 500Gb) is recognized by Disk Utility!!
It's a very strange AND frustrating issue I never had before. The original HD is faulty (fail to format), but will be recognized by DU, the new Western Digital Blue Scorpio and a Samsung (1Tb) will not.
Any hint?
thanks,
Luca
Hi donv: I repartitioned, rechecked with DU, even ran a hardware test, still not recognizing the HDD from within the (family pack) installer.
Restoring 10.5.8 works and the machine boots just fine. I am at a loss.
The disk is a WDC WD3200BEVT-22ZCT0. Could the disk be a problem? A year ago a certified technician replaced the original disk with this one.
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