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Internal hard drives don't appear on desktop after restart
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<blockquote data-quote="Horsa" data-source="post: 1886223" data-attributes="member: 403905"><p>Reviewing what you've told us, [USER=408224]@Tuppy[/USER] - especially the bit about the OS installer being unable to see the other 3 drives - one simple fact stands out: the problem only emerged after you moved all your drives to a different machine. In your previous Mac Pro, everything worked as expected. In the new one, it doesn't. That suggests a hardware/logic board issue with the new machine. Not the sort of news you're wanting to hear, I know, but it is kinda the elephant in the room IMO.</p><p></p><p>If the installer app can't see the other 3 drives, then it seems to me that it can't be a fault with your existing installation of El Capitan. However, just to be thorough... are you trying to run the installer app from its location on the system drive? Could you try transferring the app onto a USB stick and running it/booting from there? I'm just trying to take the existing OS installation out of the equation, to see if that makes a difference.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horsa, post: 1886223, member: 403905"] Reviewing what you've told us, [USER=408224]@Tuppy[/USER] - especially the bit about the OS installer being unable to see the other 3 drives - one simple fact stands out: the problem only emerged after you moved all your drives to a different machine. In your previous Mac Pro, everything worked as expected. In the new one, it doesn't. That suggests a hardware/logic board issue with the new machine. Not the sort of news you're wanting to hear, I know, but it is kinda the elephant in the room IMO. If the installer app can't see the other 3 drives, then it seems to me that it can't be a fault with your existing installation of El Capitan. However, just to be thorough... are you trying to run the installer app from its location on the system drive? Could you try transferring the app onto a USB stick and running it/booting from there? I'm just trying to take the existing OS installation out of the equation, to see if that makes a difference. [/QUOTE]
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