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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
Disk utility doesn't find new hard drive
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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 981957" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>A different hard drive speed would have nothing to do with it.</p><p></p><p>Sounds to me like you're using "some" original install discs, but they're not the ones that were originally shipped with that machine.</p><p></p><p>That's the only reason I 'm aware of you'd get that error trying to launch AHT. If that's the case, they're not going to work even. Even if you get into Disk Utility and it recognizes, partitions and formats the drive, it's still not going to install.</p><p></p><p>I've never heard of the error "this software cannot be installed on this computer" related to an OS X install either, except in connection with using the wrong discs.</p><p></p><p>I'd suggest calling Apple and request a set of replacement discs for your model. Folks have reported extremely reasonable pricing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 981957, member: 24160"] A different hard drive speed would have nothing to do with it. Sounds to me like you're using "some" original install discs, but they're not the ones that were originally shipped with that machine. That's the only reason I 'm aware of you'd get that error trying to launch AHT. If that's the case, they're not going to work even. Even if you get into Disk Utility and it recognizes, partitions and formats the drive, it's still not going to install. I've never heard of the error "this software cannot be installed on this computer" related to an OS X install either, except in connection with using the wrong discs. I'd suggest calling Apple and request a set of replacement discs for your model. Folks have reported extremely reasonable pricing. [/QUOTE]
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