Making New Drive Bootable

My main HD took a dump and since then I've been running off of an eDrive on a 1TB USB unit. I just got a new Newer tech Voyager Q docking station which has a firewire 800 port and a Seagate 1.5TB 7200rpm drive to go with it to function as my new main drive until I can resurrect the data from my dead one.
Using the eDrive has been easy enough but I don't really know how to turn this new drive into one which will be fully bootable as a startup disk. I got my computer on eBay last fall and the software was all pre-installed by the dealer. All of the install discs are still on my main drive saved as disk images.
Yeah, I know I should have backed them up and this is a big maintenance/backup lesson learned the hard way. But how do I now get a full, bootable install of OSX on this new drive?
The dealer no longer sells on eBay as I checked on that. So I can't have him send me copies of the original install disks.
Plus any tips on resurrecting my original main drive will be welcome. I suspect I'll have to somehow get it to one of those recovery services.

Every new Mac that is shipped from Apple comes with CDs that have the OS installed on them. When I hear from someone that says their dealer did not include the CD's that implies the dealer opened the box and after that who knows what the "dealer" did. Mac's shipped from Apple have the OS pre-installed on the hard drive, the CDs are included in the event the customer wants to re-install their OS and/or do diagnostics. One theory is your "dealer" took an older iMac that had Tiger on it, upgraded it to Leopard and did not include the CDs for whatever ever reason including reselling them to someone else. However that is just a WAG I have no idea as I haven't seen the machine or the box it came in.
Bottom line you need to purchase a retail copy of Leopard as I mentioned earlier.
No computer manufacturer to my knowledge covers date recovery when a drive fails. That is why they suggest back up to users, we users have the responsibility to back up our own data. If we don't we cannot hold Apple (or any other manufacturer) responsible. If I recall you use Time Machine so you have your data, you just need a retail copy of Leopard to install on a new external HD or the replacement HD you put in your iMac. If you were not using TM then you are in for an expensive lesson of getting the internal HD out, sending it to a data recovery service and if you're lucky getting some of your data back. Sorry to sound harsh but that is what you can expect. Going forward I would recommend buying from a reputable dealer or Apple directly and using TM and other backup systems if your data is critical. There is a good article about back up in this months MacWorld, I would recommend reading it over. The link to it online is:
http://www.macworld.com/article/141363/2009/07/backup.html
Regards,
Roger

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For starters I would do this one step at a time. It is far easier to check out where the problems are when they develop that way.
My first step would be to backup everything that you have now as a first step. Just in case of problems later.
Next, I would suggest to place the new 2TB disk drive in an enclosure and format it to Mac OS Extended and GUID partition mapping first.
Once that is done you can create a bootable clone on the 2TB disk drive using either CCC or SuperDuper.
Then test to be sure the 2TB is bootable.
Then move the 2TN disk drive into the Mac.
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The less disruptive upgrade is:
0. make a bootable backup to an external disk (just in case anything goes wrong)
1. buy a new larger drive
2. buy an external drive case (or use the old disk with carrier when in step 1 you order an Apple drive module)
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HT201372 used this to make a bootable copy for a new hard drive installation. copied the install find but gave error code 110 when making the disk bootable.. Any help in what this code is

Used createinstallmedis to make a copy of the Mavericks app for use in a new hard drive install.. Copied find but gave error code 110 and failed to make the flash drive bootable.. Any help in what errror code means?

Did you partition and format the flash drive first? See the following:
Make Your Own Mavericks, Mountain/Lion Installer
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After DU loads select your flash drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the leftside list. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
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Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
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Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to an hour depending upon the flash drive size.
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You will need a freshly partitioned and formatted USB flash drive with at least 8GBs. Leave the name of the flash drive at the system default, "Untitled." Do not change this name. Open the Terminal in the Utilities folder. Copy this command line after the prompt in the Terminal's window:
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How can I make the second internal drive bootable drive bootable for trouble shooting?

I suspect that a newly installed SSD boot drive may be causing instability in my new 2012 Mac Mini Server. The logic board and RAM have been replaced and boot drive wiped and partitioned and 10.10.2 reinstalled. I'd like to make the second drive bootable in order to take the SSD boot drive out of the equation.
Could some please describe the correct method for making the second internal drive bootable.
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A quick addendum: your Mac will have a default boot drive set, and if not then it will choose the first one it identifies on the disk (usually the first partition on the first disk, followed by subsequent partitions on this disk, and then moving to the second identified disk, etc.). As a result, if you have to hold Option to select your second boot drive, the next time you restart, your Mac will boot back to the first drive. To make the second boot drive the default one, you will need to select it in the Startup Disk system preferences. This will update the hardware to use this as the default boot drive.

Do I need to do anything after installing new drive before I can use it?

I just got two 750GB WD Caviars and have installed them on my MP. One of them I'm going to use as a backup and remove when not using. My point for posting though is that I got some sort of error message once I powered the computer back up after installation. Do I need to format these drives or something like that? On my stock HDD on my Mac Pro, in disk utilities the 'partition scheme' says "GUID Partition Table" and for the two new drives they say "Unformatted". Also there was a fairly loud pulsating buzz after installing the new drives. It lasted most of the day and then suddenly stopped. Could the strange buzzing have something to do with the formatting issue?

Also, you can simply open Disk Utility - select the drive you want to format from the list of drives (icons with names) on the left. Click on the "erase" button at the top of the Disk Utility window and that will take you to the "dialogue" for erasing the selected drive - erasing is equivalent of formatting for purposes of this discussion.
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Re the noise (buzzing): seems to me it wasn't the drives themselves that were causing the earlier reports. I think it was something to do with air flow over drive bay #4. Installing a drive in that bay "caused" the noise to begin. Like I said - you should do a search for this using applicable key words.

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What year is your MBP? From 2011 onward you would use Internet Recovery. Earlier you would need to install the original software that came with the computer on software restore DVDs.
Internet Recovery
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Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion. Mavericks: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks and click on the Install button. Be sure to select the correct drive to use if you have more than one.
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Hello all,
I have a approximately 4-5 year old 1.5GHz Power PC G4 Mac mini with 1 GB DDR SDRAM memory and an 80 GB hard drive. I was having issues with it running slow, not being able to access different files/applications, etc. so I ran Disk Warrior on it and received the warning that it was not able to replace the directory and that I should save all files from the Preview directory (which I have been able to do).
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Is this something a pretty capable person should attempt to replace themselves, or is going to Best Buy or something along those lines a better choice for the security of not messing the mini itself up? I feel fairly comfortable doing it if it is possible, I would just hate to fry the entire computer if it is a really tricky process.
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would this be a failing optical drive or hard drive from the way I've described the problem?
Hard drive. DW and other such utilities don't even work on optical drives, and an optical drive problem would not cause boot problems and the other symptoms that you describe. But before you replace the drive, I'd suggest you try reformatting the drive ("erasing" in the terminology used in Disk Utility) and reinstalling Mac OS X. That may fix the problem. If not, then you can look into replacing the drive.
Second, what are the best options for replacement in terms of price/speed/memory?
You can find options here, among other places:
I would love to have the newer intel processor in it, but don't even know if this is something that would be replaced with a new drive (shows how much I know! :^) I don't need as much hard drive space since external drives are fairly cheap - my main focus would be a faster processor and RAM.
Sorry, but replacing the processor can't be done. If you want a faster processor, you'll have to purchase a newer mini.
Is this something a pretty capable person should attempt to replace themselves, or is going to Best Buy or something along those lines a better choice for the security of not messing the mini itself up?
Avoid Best Buy like the plague. They're far more likely to cause problems for your mini than you would be doing it yourself. There are a number of sites on the web that have instructions. Here's one:
http://www.sterpin.net/uk/ddMacMiniuk.htm
OWC/MacSales has video instructions as well:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/mac-mini/
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Regards.
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Doug Clo wrote:
Okay.
Intel Mac - that would be my processor?
Yes.
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I have two partitions on this drive. I've just moved a pile of stuff onto the other partition. Am I going to have to reformat the whole drive to get the TM working properly, and can I format just the partition I need?
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thanks for watching...
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Is it a new media drive?
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(Sorry for the duplication of this question - first posted inside "Consiglieri's" thread- but I realized it is probably more appropriate to post separately.
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You should not be complaining to users about this. Return the computer to the repair shop and tell them what you told us! Let the repair shop make you whole like they should have done in the first place.

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