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dtreacy

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May 8, 2013
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Hi there,

New to MacRumours forum.
I have a problem with a MacBook Pro 5.5 Intel Core 2 Duo

Original Fujitsu 160GB HDD crashed and I replaced it with a Hitachi 250GB HDD.
Hitachi 25GB drive is partitioned to GUID Partition Scheme but when I try to format the drive in Disk Utility to Mac OS X Extended Journaled, I keep receiving an Input / Output error. I tried even erasing the drive and I get the same error.

I also tried using Diskutil in terminal window and I get Input / Output error.
I talked with a guy in work who knows about the Mac and he said the drive could be locked in which the Mac can't unlock to format the drive.

There is nothing wrong with the drive at all. It works perfect. I'm at a loss as to why the Mac won't install the OS X 10.5.7

I've looked at many Mac support sites for problems / solution but no solution

Could someone who has experienced this before please help to resolve my problem.

Regards,
DTreacy
 
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