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New HD doesn't appear at start up? Help?
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1424389" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>If that's the second one you tried and it's doing the same thing (wish you had said that in your first post), something else is going on. Again, since the old hard drive is OK and it's just these two new ones, that tells us your MBP is OK.</p><p></p><p>And the fact that the new drive works OK from a USB enclosure tells us that at least the drive is OK internally. </p><p></p><p>Look inside the hard drive cavity in your MBP. There should be two rubber like insulators or spacers - one for the left side and the other for the right side of the drive. If those spacers are not in place the drive will not line up properly when placed in the cavity and the SATA connector on the drive will not match the connector in the MBP.</p><p></p><p>It's possible that one or more of the spacers is sticking to your old drive instead of remaining in the cavity. Post back and let us know what you find.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1424389, member: 46727"] If that's the second one you tried and it's doing the same thing (wish you had said that in your first post), something else is going on. Again, since the old hard drive is OK and it's just these two new ones, that tells us your MBP is OK. And the fact that the new drive works OK from a USB enclosure tells us that at least the drive is OK internally. Look inside the hard drive cavity in your MBP. There should be two rubber like insulators or spacers - one for the left side and the other for the right side of the drive. If those spacers are not in place the drive will not line up properly when placed in the cavity and the SATA connector on the drive will not match the connector in the MBP. It's possible that one or more of the spacers is sticking to your old drive instead of remaining in the cavity. Post back and let us know what you find. [/QUOTE]
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