Macbook Pro Reformat Hard drive issues
Hard drive crashed a few months back in my MBP. My optical drive doesn't work and I have Snow Leopard install disks. I went to Best Buy, bought a 1TB Seagate SATA SSD+HDD hybrid drive to replace the 250 GB one I had. I'm trying to get the stupid thing to format buy I'm not having any luck. Here's what I've tried:
1. Was able to boot up through disk utility and tried to install OS Mavericks wirelessly but when I login to my apple account to verify, and click install I get a quick message stating there was a problem and to try again. It never works
2. Bought a external optical drive and tried to install Snow Lepoard but when I turn it on that way it tries to load and then goes to a gray screen tell me that my computer needs to restart. I restart it and it does the same thing.
3. Went to the Mac Store to ask some questions. . .told them I had an iMac and bought a firewire cable. I've tried to install Snow Lepoard via firewire cable but the instructions that I find just plain don't work. I run Lion on my iMac and I can get my computer to recognize my MBP but choosing that and formatting it with the drive on my iMac isn't working either.
I'm about to use the stupid MBP as a frisbee out my back patio. Please help!
My Macbook Pro is a mid-2010 model.
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hey, can i clone my Macbook Pro internal hard drive and then paste it all onto a formated external hard drive, then make the Mac use the external as the primary hard drive? please help for i only have around 618mb left out of 189GB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If what doesn't work?
If cloning your internal drive to the external drive is not successful, I expect CCC will tell you so. Assuming that doesn't happen, you will have a bootable replica of the internal drive on the external drive once CCC has finished.
You can then do any of several things:
1. Replace your internal drive with a much larger one (320GB or 500GB, or even larger), and clone the external drive's contents onto the new drive so you'll have all your data in one place. Note that if you do this, you'll also need to buy an external drive that's large enough to back the new internal drive up on.
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https://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
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http://www.bombich.com/index.html
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Potentially Important info:
Model: mid-2009 13'' MacBook Pro
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Some additional questions I have...
Should I be concerned with making a fully bootable back-up (not sure what that is called) as well? If so, what program should I use to create it?
How much more life should I try and push out of this computer? I'm an engineering student and really only use it for web-surfing, music, and
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Should I be concerned with making a fully bootable back-up (not sure what that is called) as well? If so, what program should I use to create it?
How much more life should I try and push out of this computer? I'm an engineering student and really only use it for web-surfing, music, and
word-processing.
Well there is no "official Apple HD / SSD" in any regard, no worries there.
If as you say youre only using same for surfing and word processing, why the need for a SSD? You would not notice any speed diff. in use on either of those,....in boot times yes, but in word or surfing, not.
You can push it likely a few more years, for mere surfing and word processing,...many many years. Up TO the point that any major fixes become unrealistic relative to getting a new(ER) machine.
Concerned with a boot clone? yes and no. Its an ideal immediate recovery, since you cannot boot from Time Machine, ....in case of HD crash, recovery takes seconds from boot, or 20 mins or so from removing old and installing a clone. All the prosumers and pros have at least one updated clone of their prime machines.
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CLONE Apps :
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Mid 2009 MacBook Pro 13 Hard Drive Upgrade Questions
I bought an upgraded hard drive for my mid-2009 MBP 13. I've done some reading and it appears that my model of MBP shouldn't have drive issues, but I still have a few questions that I'm hoping someone will answer. Perhaps this will all boil down to a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. That is, I may be worried without good reason. If so, I apologize ahead of time.
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I've read a bit about outrageous load cycles and just wanted to check the numbers.
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The general questions, I have are:
Is the temperature supposed to spike like that when handling a larger drive?
If so, what is a reasonable range? I know I don't have the temperature of the new drive, but if I knew what to expect, I guess I would be more confident putting the new drive back in and not returning it.
What's a normal/healthy/reasonable (don't really know the term I'm grasping for) load cycle to see? I divided the load cycles by the number of power on hours and get around 150 for the WD and 93 for the Toshiba. Are either of those outrageously good or bad? I haven't been able to tell in my reading.
The bottom-line questions are:
Am I just overreacting based on what I've read? Or, is something not kosher and should I return the new drive and get something else? Should I try hdapm or something? If I should return the drive, any recommendations?
I've talked your collective ear off, I'm sure.
Thank you in advance for your responses.
Cheers,
RobFor what it's worth I've put aftermarket 7200 rpm hard drives in 2006 and 2008 15" MBP's and also a WD Scorpio Black 320GB in a 2009 13" MBP 2.53GHz and have had no changes in cpu temp or fan speed. Your fan speeds and cpu temp with the new drive sound too high. Something else is going on here. The temp is not supposed to spike when handling a larger drive. Maybe it's something like
Spotlight indexing the new drive? Have a look at your Activity Monitor for an active process drawing resources with the new drive. -
MacBook Pro -- external hard drive corruption -- AND hanging computer?
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Is the MacBook Pro at fault? (I've returned to my PowerBook G4 until this issue is resolve).
What causes such severe disk directory damage that causes my computer to hang?
How can I recover my files (critically important to my work, some of which is on a tight deadline) without having to run to the vastly overworked/underpaid techy in my place of employment)?
My conversation with an Apple Tech was much less than satisfying. In fact, he seemed to portray a state of denial about the MacBook Pro having any problems, even though the web is full of complaints. What's up Apple? Are you beginning to backslide yet again?Welcome To Discussions JeffBloom!
I'm sorry to hear that you are having problems with your MBP, but you have posted your inquiry, in the Discussions Forum, that is intended for discourse about the use of Apple Discussions.
You will get more focused attention to your issue, if you select a more appropriate location from this page Discussions Forum Home.
For example,
From the Forum Home Page, select the Category MacBook Pro.
Then choose an appropriate MBP Forum, such as Using your MacBook Pro.
On Forum pages, there is an option to Post New Topic.
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My MacBook Pro's hard drive data recovery
A short while ago, my macbook pro wouldn't boot. I took it to an apple store close by and they said they had to reformat the hard drive. They promised they'd try to retrieve some files. Sadly, only old files were recovered, I lost all my applications, photos, and music, and school work. Is it possible to recover the data that was on my previous hard drive? I'll appreciate any information. Thank you.
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MacBook Pro/External Hard Drive/Windows PC
I have a MacBook Pro and a Windows desktop...and an external hard drive. I want to load some music on the external hard drive using the MacBook and then copy from the external hard drive to the Windows desktop. Is this possible?
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exFAT is supported by the following operating systems:
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Macbook Pro - 2 Hard Drives - Dual Boot OS OSX + Windows
Hello guys, I've been facing an issue here
I bought an SSD 2 years ago and changed the original MBP HD. I did a fresh install of OSX while still having my optical drive. Everything is fine with the OSX installation.
Recently I bought an enclosure and installed the original MBP HD drive into the optical drive slot. Now i have two HD's on my MBP (Early 2011 - Unibody Model)
The configuration for the Hard Drives is as follows:
SSD Drive - disk 0 - OS X Running fine
HD Drive - disk 1 - clean formatted to accommodate Windows 7 installation
I started the BootCamp Utility formated the second hard drive to install windows from bootable USB. Everything works fine until the point where the Windows installation actually expands the files. I always get the same error, that windows cannot be installed on that drive and any changes will be reverted back to original settings.
Several hours after researching the whole thing this is what I've got:
The error that I am getting is for the configuration of the drives, a fix to this problem is to take out my SSD, install the old HD in its original position, install windows normally, put my SSD back in its position and put the old HD in the optical drive and thus I will have the Dual Boot of two OS in two different HD's. That's really really awful as I have to take appart again the whole thing and swap between the drives till the process is finished. This is because The EFI boot + Windows to be installed require the disk that windows to be installed to be on main slot - disk 0.
My question here is, is there any fix to the BootCamp assistant to let me install windows on the hard drive that it is located on the disk 1 position?
Moreover is there any way to install windows through the environment of OSX with the use of a VM, but, the windows to be a bootable OS rather than a VM bootable image? (on disk 1 - optical drive SATA port). - What I mean by that is, while running OS X normally on disk 0 run a VM software that will mimic the environment of a bootloader so that I can install windows on disk 1, but after I shut down my computer, windows should be accessible on disk 1 as a normal installed OS.
Sorry for the long post and thank you very much for your time, any suggestions would be really helpful.You can install Parallels or Fusion, either will work. When you setup either Parallels or fusion you can tell it to use your already installed Boot Camp installation of Windows as its target guest operating system.
You would then just boot into OSx, start your VM (Parallels or Fusion), then you'll have access to both OSx and Windows without having to reboot.
I have this setup and two monitors. I have my Windows running on my external monitor and OSx running on my Macbook Pro monitor at the same time.
Beware that you will need to re-register Windows to get a second key. This is free and easily done either online or by calling the Microsoft registration number. The reason for needing a second key is that Windows, although only installed once in your Boot Camp partition sees the virtual hardware created by your virtual machine and thinks it has been reinstalled on a new computer. -
Macbook Pro 2010 Hard Drive Constant Verification Problem
Hi guys and girls. I'm at my wits end with my beloved Macbook Pro 2010. Recently in the last 6 months it has randomly on 3 occasions just powered down all of a sudden during operating. When it restarts it comes up with the apple logo and that loading bar underneath but fails to fully load and once again powers off.
I then go into CMD+R and will find that the Hitachi HDD will state 'SMART STATUS' as 'Verified' and it will verify permissions.When I go to verify the disk it comes up with an error. if i try and do a back up I get the common 'error 20'; message even if I try it to an external hard drive or different usbs.
In the end I have to reinstall the OSX and install the OSX on a 1TB Toshiba USB, then the mac restarts and works but keeps booting off my Toshiba USB. I end up having to use superclone and transfer it to the Hitachi drive. The Hitachi drive will format and work once the OSX is running.
Randomly this cycle will repeat itself every few months - ie computer turns off all of a sudden..FAIL loading..and same problem with disk utility.
I wanted to ask is this as my hard drive needs replacing that this is happening or do I have a more serious problem?
Ilemoncool wrote:
If I replace the internal hard drive and the same thing happens again, this would mean it is a cable issue?
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+15-Inch+Unibody+Mid+2010+Hard+Drive-IR+ Sensor+Cable+Replacement/3031
Unplugging and reconnecting the cable may resolve it - bad connection
Yes, that is a possibility. Reconnecting may solve the issue but that is not a 100% solution.
How would I go about unplugging and reconnecting it when am installing the new internal hard drive?
I am guessing that you have a 13" 2010 MBP. If not, the same web site has instructions for 2010 15" and 17" MBPs as well. Examine these instructions:
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+Unibody+Mid+2010+Hard+Drive+Cab le+Replacement/4304
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+Unibody+Mid+2010+Hard+Drive+Rep lacement/4305
Also in terms of the phillips and torx to install the internal hard drive- would this one be suitable that shop sells?- http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/23-in-1-multi-function-precision-screwdriver-n42jx
NO! That tool does not have the correct sizes for either driver. #00 Phillips, #6 Torx are the ones you need.
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