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<blockquote data-quote="TattooedMac" data-source="post: 1587936" data-attributes="member: 101749"><p>Hi and welcome to the forums.</p><p></p><p>What you need to do with is first make sure its inserted properly and is seated all the way.</p><p>Really thats is, but you would have had to Format the Drive as Mac OS X Extended (Journaled) or no matter what you do, the HD WONT be recognised by the Mac. If you had it as a Ext HD before, you need to put it back in the Ext Enclosure and Format it with Disk Utility as Mac OS X Extended (Journaled) and once thats done, try putting it back in the HD Bay.</p><p></p><p>You really didn't give us much else to go on, but in future, tell us what sort of HD it is, apart from just a Western Digital.</p><p>As for other Drives, goto <a href="http://www.crucial.com/usa/en" target="_blank">Crucial</a> and <a href="http://www.macsales.com" target="_blank">OWC</a> and have a look for other drives. Anything they have there will be good for your Mac, as they are tested for Macs, especially OWC.</p><p></p><p>When at OWC, use the My OWC and it takes you through steps, getting your Mac Specs and it will show you what Hwill be good for your Mac. </p><p>I put a 256 GB OWC Mercury Pro 6G SSD into my MBP 13" and haven't missed a beat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TattooedMac, post: 1587936, member: 101749"] Hi and welcome to the forums. What you need to do with is first make sure its inserted properly and is seated all the way. Really thats is, but you would have had to Format the Drive as Mac OS X Extended (Journaled) or no matter what you do, the HD WONT be recognised by the Mac. If you had it as a Ext HD before, you need to put it back in the Ext Enclosure and Format it with Disk Utility as Mac OS X Extended (Journaled) and once thats done, try putting it back in the HD Bay. You really didn't give us much else to go on, but in future, tell us what sort of HD it is, apart from just a Western Digital. As for other Drives, goto [URL="http://www.crucial.com/usa/en"]Crucial[/URL] and [URL="http://www.macsales.com"]OWC[/URL] and have a look for other drives. Anything they have there will be good for your Mac, as they are tested for Macs, especially OWC. When at OWC, use the My OWC and it takes you through steps, getting your Mac Specs and it will show you what Hwill be good for your Mac. I put a 256 GB OWC Mercury Pro 6G SSD into my MBP 13" and haven't missed a beat. [/QUOTE]
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