Hard Drive Failure

[TheDisposedHero]

Ok, so here is the story:

My 15" Macbook Pro's hard drive quit on me. I got a 120 gig SSD to replace it. I put in the hard drive. But whenever it boots up, it only has a grey screen. (It should be a grey screen with the apple logo). After that goes away, it tries to load up like a pc does witht he windows logo and loading bar. Then it freezes because it cant run system 32. Obviously.

So my question is, how to i format this drive, so my Mac OSX will run on it. My disc is already in the Mac, I dont know if that helps any at all.

All answers are appreciated, i just want my Mac fixed. Thanks for the help!

 

[simsaladimbamba]

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

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

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[TheDisposedHero]

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

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

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It doesnt give me that option to use the disk utility. It goes from grey screen, straight to the windows load screen.

 

[jimbo1mcm]

Google? or Forum Search?

Doesn't anybody do a search or try to find out something before wanting to be spoonfed the information?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

It doesnt give me that option to use the disk utility. It goes from grey screen, straight to the windows load screen.

Have you tried holding down the OPTION or C key after the startup sound and while the Mac OS X installation DVD is inserted, like the second guide I linked to described?

Doesn't anybody do a search or try to find out something before wanting to be spoonfed the information?

That is how it was, and always will be.

Just look at all the battery related questions of there is a virus ****ing up their system or some other inane ********.

 

[TheDisposedHero]

Doesn't anybody do a search or try to find out something before wanting to be spoonfed the information?

Yea, i did. And it was all information that didnt help. Which is why im here on a Mac web forum. Dont you ever think that people DO use google for things like this?

 

[TheDisposedHero]

Have you tried holding down the OPTION or C key after the startup sound and while the Mac OS X installation DVD is inserted, like the second guide I linked to described?


That is how it was, and always will be.

Just look at all the battery related questions of there is a virus ****ing up their system or some other inane ********.

I just tried the option c... and my apple logo finally popped up... still waiting for after results..