Hi all,
I recently bought a hard drive for my (white, older...ish model) Macbook (Profiler listed it as 'Macbook2,1') to upgrade it from a 160GB to a 320GB, but it seems my computer won't accept the drive.
When I start my Mac, the screen pops up to set up the computer, but when it asks which drive I want to boot up on, the hard drive doesn't appear. I go to disk utility and it shows up as a '3.22 TB' drive...which it's not...and when I try to partition and format the drive, I get the message:
'Input/Output error'
So it seems my Mac won't format the drive for use on a Mac, to allow me to boot from it.
I've seen plenty of other people say they've had similar problems, but I haven't really seen a solution yet. The threads they post usually get filled up with people saying 'I have the same problem, let me know if you find out what's wrong' and people giving advice that isn't relevant.
I'm hoping that someone has figured out a solution by now and can offer a clear answer.
I'm sorry if I seem harsh, and I hope I don't just come off as a jerk, but please, if you are unfamiliar with this problem and can't help me or offer a solution, don't post. Or else it will just become another post filled up with a ton of questions and no useful replies.
On the other hand, if you do have a solution, or at least an idea of what the problem is, then by all means reply! And if there is a solution out there that I've missed, please forgive me for wasting the time and space to write about it again here.
Thanks very much!
-Seth
I recently bought a hard drive for my (white, older...ish model) Macbook (Profiler listed it as 'Macbook2,1') to upgrade it from a 160GB to a 320GB, but it seems my computer won't accept the drive.
When I start my Mac, the screen pops up to set up the computer, but when it asks which drive I want to boot up on, the hard drive doesn't appear. I go to disk utility and it shows up as a '3.22 TB' drive...which it's not...and when I try to partition and format the drive, I get the message:
'Input/Output error'
So it seems my Mac won't format the drive for use on a Mac, to allow me to boot from it.
I've seen plenty of other people say they've had similar problems, but I haven't really seen a solution yet. The threads they post usually get filled up with people saying 'I have the same problem, let me know if you find out what's wrong' and people giving advice that isn't relevant.
I'm hoping that someone has figured out a solution by now and can offer a clear answer.
I'm sorry if I seem harsh, and I hope I don't just come off as a jerk, but please, if you are unfamiliar with this problem and can't help me or offer a solution, don't post. Or else it will just become another post filled up with a ton of questions and no useful replies.
On the other hand, if you do have a solution, or at least an idea of what the problem is, then by all means reply! And if there is a solution out there that I've missed, please forgive me for wasting the time and space to write about it again here.
Thanks very much!
-Seth