Installed new Hard drive, can't find disk

DMAC1 · DMAC1 #1 (**permalink**)

05-09-2011, 03:21 PM

I installed a new HD in my mid-2009 13" MBP. It's the seagate moment us xt. 500 gb. I inserted the install disk, it found the Time Machine I intended to use to install my old data. And when I selected at, I selected the time I wanted to restore it from, then I have to select a destination to install it. It seems it can't find the disk I just installed. However I went into System Profiler and saw the new drive I just installed. What is going on?

Buzzard2010 · Buzzard2010 #2 (**permalink**)

05-09-2011, 04:01 PM

You probably need to format the drive, when you boot into the OSX disk click Utilities at the top followed by disk utility then click the new drive then click the erase tab, make sure you format it as Mac OS Extended.
Once done try using the Time Machine backup to restore your files.

Hope this helps

- Simon

DMAC1 · DMAC1 #3 (**permalink**)

05-09-2011, 04:11 PM

Thank you so much. Worked like a charm.

However, when it found it, it said 465GB available as opposed to 500GB. Why is that?

Buzzard2010 · Buzzard2010 #4 (**permalink**)

05-09-2011, 04:14 PM

That will probably be the available space left after transferring the files across, just tells you this as a "heads-up this is what you will be left with" kind of approach to things.

HTH,
- Simon

DMAC1 · DMAC1 #5 (**permalink**)

05-09-2011, 04:18 PM

Thanks again. Much appreciated.

Buzzard2010 · Buzzard2010 #6 (**permalink**)

05-09-2011, 05:23 PM

No problem at all!

- Simon

harryb2448 · harryb2448 #7 (**permalink**)

05-09-2011, 06:05 PM

Expect to lose 5-7% of hdd contents on formatting and do a Google to find out the difference between actual and reported drive capacities.

DMAC1 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: May 05, 2011 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 6	05-09-2011, 03:21 PM I installed a new HD in my mid-2009 13" MBP. It's the seagate moment us xt. 500 gb. I inserted the install disk, it found the Time Machine I intended to use to install my old data. And when I selected at, I selected the time I wanted to restore it from, then I have to select a destination to install it. It seems it can't find the disk I just installed. However I went into System Profiler and saw the new drive I just installed. What is going on? 13" MBP, 2.26 GHz, 160 GB HDD, 2 GB RAM - iPad 64 GB WiFi + 3G - Black iPhone 4 32 GB
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Buzzard2010 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 22, 2010 Location: Bakewell, UK Posts: 2,532 Mac Specs: iMac G3 800MHz :D \| PowerMac G4 \| MacBook Pro 15" 2.8GHz C2D 500GB HDD 4GB 9600M / 9600M GT 10.7.1	05-09-2011, 04:01 PM You probably need to format the drive, when you boot into the OSX disk click Utilities at the top followed by disk utility then click the new drive then click the erase tab, make sure you format it as Mac OS Extended. Once done try using the Time Machine backup to restore your files. Hope this helps - Simon Rest In Peace Steven Paul Jobs February 24, 1955 - October 5, 2011 [aged 56] If you have been helped, don't forget to use the Reputation system just above the post to the right. May 2011 Nominated: March 2011 & April 2011
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Buzzard2010 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 22, 2010 Location: Bakewell, UK Posts: 2,532 Mac Specs: iMac G3 800MHz :D \| PowerMac G4 \| MacBook Pro 15" 2.8GHz C2D 500GB HDD 4GB 9600M / 9600M GT 10.7.1	05-09-2011, 04:14 PM That will probably be the available space left after transferring the files across, just tells you this as a "heads-up this is what you will be left with" kind of approach to things. HTH, - Simon Rest In Peace Steven Paul Jobs February 24, 1955 - October 5, 2011 [aged 56] If you have been helped, don't forget to use the Reputation system just above the post to the right. May 2011 Nominated: March 2011 & April 2011
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Member Since: May 05, 2011 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 6	05-09-2011, 04:18 PM Thanks again. Much appreciated. 13" MBP, 2.26 GHz, 160 GB HDD, 2 GB RAM - iPad 64 GB WiFi + 3G - Black iPhone 4 32 GB
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Buzzard2010 #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 22, 2010 Location: Bakewell, UK Posts: 2,532 Mac Specs: iMac G3 800MHz :D \| PowerMac G4 \| MacBook Pro 15" 2.8GHz C2D 500GB HDD 4GB 9600M / 9600M GT 10.7.1	05-09-2011, 05:23 PM No problem at all! - Simon Rest In Peace Steven Paul Jobs February 24, 1955 - October 5, 2011 [aged 56] If you have been helped, don't forget to use the Reputation system just above the post to the right. May 2011 Nominated: March 2011 & April 2011
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harryb2448 #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 28, 2007 Location: Nambucca Heads Australia Posts: 14,055 Mac Specs: iMac i5 2.7GHz OS X.8.3	05-09-2011, 06:05 PM Expect to lose 5-7% of hdd contents on formatting and do a Google to find out the difference between actual and reported drive capacities. *Hang on to those original install discs like grim death! Using OS X.7 or later make a bootable USB thumb drive before running Installer!*
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