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Installing OS onto New Hard Drive
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1304539" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>The new hard drive should be detected even if it's not formatted. Check the following:</p><p></p><p>1. You didn't install it correctly. Kind of hard to mess that up, but there have been folks who for some reason didn't properly install the drive.</p><p></p><p>2. The SATA cable which goes from the hard drive connector to the logic board may be defective. The cable is exposed to a lot of heat, dries out, and breaks.</p><p></p><p>3. The EMI insulators (there's two of them, on the inside of the drive cavity, may be out of place. If either one is out of place the drive will not line up to the connector.</p><p></p><p>4. You have a bad hard drive. (unlikely, but it happens.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1304539, member: 46727"] The new hard drive should be detected even if it's not formatted. Check the following: 1. You didn't install it correctly. Kind of hard to mess that up, but there have been folks who for some reason didn't properly install the drive. 2. The SATA cable which goes from the hard drive connector to the logic board may be defective. The cable is exposed to a lot of heat, dries out, and breaks. 3. The EMI insulators (there's two of them, on the inside of the drive cavity, may be out of place. If either one is out of place the drive will not line up to the connector. 4. You have a bad hard drive. (unlikely, but it happens.) [/QUOTE]
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