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Powerbook Hard Drive Issues

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Altarf09

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Nov 9, 2009
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I recently replaced my hard drive on my Powerbook G4. I tried to load the OS with the original model specific grey disk that I got when I bought my notebook. When I get to the part where I have to choose the destination where the OS needs to be installed I don't see my hard drive on the display for me to select. The box is empty.
I opened disk utility to see if it will recognize my hard drive and I do see a 60Gb hard drive on it.

Any idea why this is happening?

Thank you.
 
Relznuk

Relznuk

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Sep 27, 2009
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UT, USA
Altarf09 said:
I recently replaced my hard drive on my Powerbook G4. I tried to load the OS with the original model specific grey disk that I got when I bought my notebook. When I get to the part where I have to choose the destination where the OS needs to be installed I don't see my hard drive on the display for me to select. The box is empty.
I opened disk utility to see if it will recognize my hard drive and I do see a 60Gb hard drive on it.

Any idea why this is happening?

Thank you.
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You need to initialize the hard drive. In Disk Utility, click on the disk, then click on the "erase" tab that appears, and format the disk as HFS+ Extended (Journaled).
 
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