Hi,
I'm in the process of upgrading my 160 GB internal hard drive to a new 500 GB internal hard drive. First, I'm trying to clone my old hard drive to the new hard drive, before I actually crack open the laptop and switch the two. I've got a Macbook Pro 13", late-2009, running on Snow Leopard.
This is what I've done so far:
- I bought a compatible hard drive (Western Digital Scorpio Blue, 500 GB, 2.5 SATA).
- I bought a SATA/IDE to USB 2.0 adapter (the company is Vantec, if it matters).
- I downloaded the Super Duper cloning software.
- I used the adapter to connect my new internal hard drive to the laptop.
This is the point where the new hard drive should appear as an icon on the desktop, right?
It doesn't seem to be recognized, though. Nothing happens. I went to Disk Utility and it doesn't show up there either.
What should I do?
Just in case it's a problem with the USB adapter cable (maybe the wrong kind), I'm including a picture of how it's set up: http://imgur.com/K5Q09Dv
Any help will be appreciated.
I'm in the process of upgrading my 160 GB internal hard drive to a new 500 GB internal hard drive. First, I'm trying to clone my old hard drive to the new hard drive, before I actually crack open the laptop and switch the two. I've got a Macbook Pro 13", late-2009, running on Snow Leopard.
This is what I've done so far:
- I bought a compatible hard drive (Western Digital Scorpio Blue, 500 GB, 2.5 SATA).
- I bought a SATA/IDE to USB 2.0 adapter (the company is Vantec, if it matters).
- I downloaded the Super Duper cloning software.
- I used the adapter to connect my new internal hard drive to the laptop.
This is the point where the new hard drive should appear as an icon on the desktop, right?
It doesn't seem to be recognized, though. Nothing happens. I went to Disk Utility and it doesn't show up there either.
What should I do?
Just in case it's a problem with the USB adapter cable (maybe the wrong kind), I'm including a picture of how it's set up: http://imgur.com/K5Q09Dv
Any help will be appreciated.