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HD clone not recognized when internal
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<blockquote data-quote="matthewbr0wn" data-source="post: 1267764" data-attributes="member: 208338"><p>Hi all -</p><p></p><p>First time poster. I have been browsing the forums for someone with my same issue and I can't quite seem to find a solution. Here is my situation:</p><p></p><p>I have an early 2009 Macbook with 120GB hard drive. I want to clone and replace with a 500GB hard drive. I have tried many different things which I will detail below, but end up with the same results, a hard disk that is bootable as an external drive and when I move it internal, my Macbook can't recognize it and I get a "question mark folder"</p><p></p><p>So with the details. I have tried both a WD Scorpio Blue 5400RPM 500GB SATA and a Hitachi Travelstar 7200RPM 500GB SATA drive.</p><p></p><p>I first tried with the WD disk with the following steps:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Place disk in external enclosure and format with Mac Disk Util using GUID and Journaling options</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">First I cloned with CCC and made a bootable clone</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Rebooted holding "Option" selected the new drive which was still external and booted without issue</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Shutdown, pulled the original drive, installed new WD disk put the old drive in enclosure and booted with Option</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">This time, only the old drive which was external showed up</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">I shutdown, pulled the old drive and booted only with the new drive, got the question mark folder</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">put the old drive back and booted as external to see if I could select the new internal drive as the startup disk, but the drive isn't visible</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">swapped the disks again and rebooted with option</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Selected the new drive (this time as external) as the startup disk and rebooted with success</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">put the new drive in as internal disk and got the question mark folder</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">put old drive back in and ran disk repair, found some permissioning issues, corrected them</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Zeroed the new drive, cloned again, booted external no problem</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Placed back in Macbook and got question mark folder</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Repeated the whole process again using SuperDuper, made sure to check disk permissions again and got the exact same result</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Bought a Hitachi drive to see if that made a difference, followed the process over again and got the same result, the question mark folder</li> </ol><p></p><p>So is there some step I am skipping that makes my drives only bootable as external drives? I have beat my head against the wall for HOURS to try and figure out what I am missing. Any help/insight that can be provided will be greatly appreciated! Thanks all!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="matthewbr0wn, post: 1267764, member: 208338"] Hi all - First time poster. I have been browsing the forums for someone with my same issue and I can't quite seem to find a solution. Here is my situation: I have an early 2009 Macbook with 120GB hard drive. I want to clone and replace with a 500GB hard drive. I have tried many different things which I will detail below, but end up with the same results, a hard disk that is bootable as an external drive and when I move it internal, my Macbook can't recognize it and I get a "question mark folder" So with the details. I have tried both a WD Scorpio Blue 5400RPM 500GB SATA and a Hitachi Travelstar 7200RPM 500GB SATA drive. I first tried with the WD disk with the following steps: [LIST=1] [*]Place disk in external enclosure and format with Mac Disk Util using GUID and Journaling options [*]First I cloned with CCC and made a bootable clone [*]Rebooted holding "Option" selected the new drive which was still external and booted without issue [*]Shutdown, pulled the original drive, installed new WD disk put the old drive in enclosure and booted with Option [*]This time, only the old drive which was external showed up [*]I shutdown, pulled the old drive and booted only with the new drive, got the question mark folder [*]put the old drive back and booted as external to see if I could select the new internal drive as the startup disk, but the drive isn't visible [*]swapped the disks again and rebooted with option [*]Selected the new drive (this time as external) as the startup disk and rebooted with success [*]put the new drive in as internal disk and got the question mark folder [*]put old drive back in and ran disk repair, found some permissioning issues, corrected them [*]Zeroed the new drive, cloned again, booted external no problem [*]Placed back in Macbook and got question mark folder [*]Repeated the whole process again using SuperDuper, made sure to check disk permissions again and got the exact same result [*]Bought a Hitachi drive to see if that made a difference, followed the process over again and got the same result, the question mark folder [/LIST] So is there some step I am skipping that makes my drives only bootable as external drives? I have beat my head against the wall for HOURS to try and figure out what I am missing. Any help/insight that can be provided will be greatly appreciated! Thanks all! [/QUOTE]
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