Format Hard Drive

ashleyb5443 · ashleyb5443 #1 (**permalink**)

05-17-2011, 07:38 PM

Hi All,

New around here and have been using Apple products for a while now and work for a reseller although haven't been involved in anything technical before.

A friend has given me his MacBook after he thought the Hard Drive was corrupt, I have replaced it and now need to install OSX to get it working again.

I have entered the discs and thought it should be pretty easy.....
The drive needs formatting so I have gone into disc utility and tried to partition the drive.

If I try to erase the drive or partition I am getting an error message saying
'POSIX reports: The operation couldn't be completed. Cannot allocate memory'

At the moment I am creating a disc image of a new account my iMac and going to try and connect my firewire drive to see if that helps.

As mentioned I am new to any technical stuff so sorry if tyhis seems like a silly question.

Thanks

Ash

chscag · chscag #2 (**permalink**)

05-17-2011, 08:10 PM

Are the disks you're using the correct ones for the MacBook? Using the wrong disk (from another machine perhaps) will cause that error to occur.

ashleyb5443 · ashleyb5443 #3 (**permalink**)

05-17-2011, 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chscag

Are the disks you're using the correct ones for the MacBook? Using the wrong disk (from another machine perhaps) will cause that error to occur.

No they are not the same discs...

I have the discs for an iMac, MacBook Pro 15 & 17. The MacBook Pro I am trying to fix is a 13"

Thanks for the reply. I will try to get some more discs!

ashleyb5443 · ashleyb5443 #4 (**permalink**)

05-17-2011, 08:37 PM

now seems that the disc can't come out as it is constantly using the disc utility!
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

ashleyb5443 · ashleyb5443 #5 (**permalink**)

05-17-2011, 08:46 PM

hold down trackpad sorted it!

chscag #2 (permalink)
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ashleyb5443 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: May 17, 2011 Location: Southampton UK Posts: 5 Mac Specs: 27" iMac, Mac Pro, 17" MacBook Pro, iPad1&2	05-17-2011, 07:38 PM Hi All, New around here and have been using Apple products for a while now and work for a reseller although haven't been involved in anything technical before. A friend has given me his MacBook after he thought the Hard Drive was corrupt, I have replaced it and now need to install OSX to get it working again. I have entered the discs and thought it should be pretty easy..... The drive needs formatting so I have gone into disc utility and tried to partition the drive. If I try to erase the drive or partition I am getting an error message saying 'POSIX reports: The operation couldn't be completed. Cannot allocate memory' At the moment I am creating a disc image of a new account my iMac and going to try and connect my firewire drive to see if that helps. As mentioned I am new to any technical stuff so sorry if tyhis seems like a silly question. Thanks Ash
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ashleyb5443 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: May 17, 2011 Location: Southampton UK Posts: 5 Mac Specs: 27" iMac, Mac Pro, 17" MacBook Pro, iPad1&2	05-17-2011, 08:37 PM now seems that the disc can't come out as it is constantly using the disc utility! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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ashleyb5443 #5 (permalink)
Member Since: May 17, 2011 Location: Southampton UK Posts: 5 Mac Specs: 27" iMac, Mac Pro, 17" MacBook Pro, iPad1&2	05-17-2011, 08:46 PM hold down trackpad sorted it!
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