New HD not installing Snow leopard

BubbaF · BubbaF #1 (**permalink**)

03-08-2012, 02:33 PM

My HD crashed in my macbook again. The first time I took it in to the Apple store and they repair it for free. This time they wanted about 130.00 to replace it. So i was going to try it my self but it has not been going great. I just received my snow leopard install dvd, but the HD wont take it. I had to start it up holding the option key just to get the installer screen, but once I chose the HD as the destination for the disc, it had said "You can'tupgrade this version of mac OS X.

Please help.

mrplow · mrplow #2 (**permalink**)

03-08-2012, 02:42 PM

So have you installed a new blank hard disk?

Is this a full retail copy of Snow Leopard?

gsahli · gsahli #3 (**permalink**)

03-08-2012, 03:46 PM

Sounds like the "drop-in" upgrade DVD.

MightyGem · MightyGem #4 (**permalink**)

03-09-2012, 02:02 PM

Have you formatted the new HDD?

mrplow #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 01, 2007 Location: UK Posts: 5,535 Mac Specs: 27" iMac i7 (2011), iPhone5, iPad3, AppleTV2	03-08-2012, 02:42 PM So have you installed a new blank hard disk? Is this a full retail copy of Snow Leopard? External hard disk acquisition addict - but admitting the problem is the first step to a robust backup Please use the reputation system if you think you've been helped - top right of this post
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BubbaF #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 08, 2012 Posts: 1	03-08-2012, 02:33 PM My HD crashed in my macbook again. The first time I took it in to the Apple store and they repair it for free. This time they wanted about 130.00 to replace it. So i was going to try it my self but it has not been going great. I just received my snow leopard install dvd, but the HD wont take it. I had to start it up holding the option key just to get the installer screen, but once I chose the HD as the destination for the disc, it had said "You can'tupgrade this version of mac OS X. Please help.
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Member Since: Nov 29, 2010 Location: Warrington, UK Posts: 1,314 Mac Specs: PPC Mini, 10.4.11. Intel Mini, 10.6.8. White MacBook, 10.6.8. iPhone 3GS.	03-09-2012, 02:02 PM Have you formatted the new HDD?
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