Mbp core 2 duo SSD Install HELP

oldschool8604 · 01:42 AM

Update: running the two SSDs is magical! Really enjoying my recoved MacBook lately! It's a mid 2009

Hey I have a 15" Mbp core 2 duo with Lion;I restored my 500gig LaCie USB external drive and restored it with my entire comps Internal HD. I installed a new ADATA 120gig SSD. I am rebooting my mbp with OS 10.5.7 and and going to disk utilities to restore from my USB hd to my new SSD HD. Nothing is working though, it will not let me drag and drop to the destination or source bar. Nor can I reboot from 10.5.7 as the SSD doesn't show up as an option to install into. SSD is being seen by system profiler.
please help!!

simsaladimbamba · Jan 19, 2012, 01:33 AM

Is the SSD formatted properly?

Guide on how to use Disk Utility from the restore / installation DVD.

How to format a new HDD/SSD to install Mac OS X or make a bootable copy onto

ELMI0001 · Jan 20, 2012, 03:40 PM

Success?

oldschool8604 · Jan 20, 2012, 07:01 PM

Success! Had to format the hd again, booted from 10.5.7 disc, dl snow leopard, installed SL, and then got lion from the app store.

With the new ADATA SSD my core 2 duo 2.66ghz mbp feels new again! And max 8gig ram.

Ty for the reply and help!

Ps..also have a graphite iMac se 400mhz with a WD 256gig hd 7200 rpm running 10.4..hehe. New home media server for atv2!!

oldschool8604 · Dec 12, 2012, 06:02 PM

Sorry to revive my old thread but....

Running dual Adata SSDs. Second one that I boot from is SX900 128gig.

Runs beautifully. Quieter as well. Only hiccups were sorting what goes where - music, photos, etc.

somecallmesum · Dec 12, 2012, 09:03 PM

apple has a hidden recovery partition on all shipped drives it can get hairy copying the drives properly, alot of straight duplication programs wont copy the raw drive but only the 'active' partition.

Jan 19, 2012, 01:30 AM	#1
oldschool8604 macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Burnaby	Mbp core 2 duo SSD Install HELP Update: running the two SSDs is magical! Really enjoying my recoved MacBook lately! It's a mid 2009 Hey I have a 15" Mbp core 2 duo with Lion;I restored my 500gig LaCie USB external drive and restored it with my entire comps Internal HD. I installed a new ADATA 120gig SSD. I am rebooting my mbp with OS 10.5.7 and and going to disk utilities to restore from my USB hd to my new SSD HD. Nothing is working though, it will not let me drag and drop to the destination or source bar. Nor can I reboot from 10.5.7 as the SSD doesn't show up as an option to install into. SSD is being seen by system profiler. please help!! __________________ 2009 MacBook Pro C2Duo 2.66ghz, 8gig Ram, Dual SSD's, OSX 10.8.2 2001 iMac Graphite SE 400mhz, 640mb Ram, 256gig 7200 RPM HD, OSX 10.4.7 Last edited by oldschool8604; Dec 13, 2012 at 01:42 AM.
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Jan 19, 2012, 01:33 AM	#2
simsaladimbamba macrumors Core Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: right in back of you	Is the SSD formatted properly? Guide on how to use Disk Utility from the restore / installation DVD. How to format a new HDD/SSD to install Mac OS X or make a bootable copy onto __________________ This is not
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Jan 20, 2012, 03:40 PM	#3
ELMI0001 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Olympic Hills GC	Success? __________________ Al-MacBook, 13-inch, Late 2008, C2D 2.0ghz, 4gb ram, 500 gb hybrid hd; 16gb VZWiPhone, blue nano; iPad (3rd Gen); Apple TV(3rd Gen)
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Jan 20, 2012, 07:01 PM	#4
oldschool8604 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Burnaby	Success! Had to format the hd again, booted from 10.5.7 disc, dl snow leopard, installed SL, and then got lion from the app store. With the new ADATA SSD my core 2 duo 2.66ghz mbp feels new again! And max 8gig ram. Ty for the reply and help! Ps..also have a graphite iMac se 400mhz with a WD 256gig hd 7200 rpm running 10.4..hehe. New home media server for atv2!! __________________ 2009 MacBook Pro C2Duo 2.66ghz, 8gig Ram, Dual SSD's, OSX 10.8.2 2001 iMac Graphite SE 400mhz, 640mb Ram, 256gig 7200 RPM HD, OSX 10.4.7
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Dec 12, 2012, 06:02 PM	#5
oldschool8604 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Burnaby	Sorry to revive my old thread but.... Running dual Adata SSDs. Second one that I boot from is SX900 128gig. Runs beautifully. Quieter as well. Only hiccups were sorting what goes where - music, photos, etc. __________________ 2009 MacBook Pro C2Duo 2.66ghz, 8gig Ram, Dual SSD's, OSX 10.8.2 2001 iMac Graphite SE 400mhz, 640mb Ram, 256gig 7200 RPM HD, OSX 10.4.7
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Dec 12, 2012, 09:03 PM	#6
somecallmesum macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: USA	apple has a hidden recovery partition on all shipped drives it can get hairy copying the drives properly, alot of straight duplication programs wont copy the raw drive but only the 'active' partition.
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