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I just formatted another hard drive. 320gb 2.5" sata to mac os x extended journaled, but still no luck.
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Ok. I didn't want to admit this, but I did something stupid.
I was dual booting windows 7, and mac os x on the mac, and acidently formatted both partitions to ntfs for windows. Now its formatted back to mac, but the mac won't see it. I can feel the hard drive spinning up so not sure if the controller would be bad. I even hooked it up externally, and still didn't see it.
I was dual booting windows 7, and mac os x on the mac, and acidently formatted both partitions to ntfs for windows. Now its formatted back to mac, but the mac won't see it. I can feel the hard drive spinning up so not sure if the controller would be bad. I even hooked it up externally, and still didn't see it.
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The Mac should be able to see that drive now. Is it still partitioned into two parts. If so try formatting the drive to one partition temporarily. You can always create the second partition later.
The fact that the other Mac can see the drive and this one can't is somewhat disturbing though. I would double check the data cable connections.
@Razormac, I am not sure but couldn't the drive still spin up if the controller were starting to fail?
The fact that the other Mac can see the drive and this one can't is somewhat disturbing though. I would double check the data cable connections.
@Razormac, I am not sure but couldn't the drive still spin up if the controller were starting to fail?
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I'm just at a loss as to why Disk Utility would fail to see two different drives unless there was something else going on.
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Not sure I downloaded it online. Its supposed to be mac os x snow leopard which is a special version for windows computers. Anyway, it didn't work on the mac, but it did work on my windows computer.
I am running windows 7, but don't know how to get mac os x back on it.
I am running windows 7, but don't know how to get mac os x back on it.
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So which OSX DVD are you trying to install on that drive? A Retail version of Snow Leopard? If this is a downloaded DVD, it will not work and is illegal to discuss here on the forums. Just asking.
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I don't use illegal software. It is a retail version of snow leopard.
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There is no such thing as a legal "special version" for windows computers.
Any version of OS X prior to 10.7 that you "downloaded online" is a pirated/illegal copy.
You need to get yourself a legitimate retail copy of OS X.
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