MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011) - Hard disk in superdrive, can't format

[Sethi]

Hi, I put in my MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011), a new hard disk in the superdrive slot. But I can't format it... any ideas?

Dettagli system report:



Intel 6 Series Chipset:



Vendor: Intel

Product: 6 Series Chipset

Link Speed: 6 Gigabit

Negotiated Link Speed: 6 Gigabit

Physical Interconnect: SATA

Description: AHCI Version 1.30 Supported



HGST HTS721010A9E630:



Capacity: 1 TB (1.000.204.886.016 bytes)

Model: HGST HTS721010A9E630

Revision: JB0OA3U0

Serial Number: ***********

Native Command Queuing: Yes

Queue Depth: 32

Removable Media: No

Detachable Drive: No

BSD Name: disk1

Rotational Rate: 7200

Medium Type: Rotational

Partition Map Type: Unknown

S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified

 

[ZapNZs]

Is this a brand new drive that hasn't been used ever before?
Do you have an App that can pull SMART data on the drive?
If it were me, the first thing I would try is to format the drive to FAT32/Master Boot Record, and if that works then format to HFS+
If that did not work, I would check the drive using a SMART app to see if the drive is healthy (which I do even if all else works well)
If healthy but still no go, then I'd throw it in a USB enclosure, and try formatting it as an external, to see if perhaps it has something to do with the SATA cable in the Superdrive bay.

 

[Mike Boreham]

Although it says it is all connected at 6G it is well known that 6G devices have problems in the DVD bay of the 2011 and 2012 MBPs due shielding issues. Since yours is HGST you can run HGST Tools (from a bootable CD) to re-set it to connect at 3G and it should be fine. You won't see any effect on speed with a spinning disk.

Much more in this long thread, including a download link for HGST Tools:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1tb-hdd-early-2011-macbook-pro.1584023/page-5#post-24214012
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Although it says it is all connected at 6G it is well known that 6G devices have problems in the DVD bay of the 2011 and 2012 MBPs due shielding issues. Since yours is HGST you can run HGST Tools (from a bootable CD) to re-set it to connect at 3G and it should be fine. You won't see any effect on speed with a spinning disk.

Much more in this long thread, including a download link for HGST Tools:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1tb-hdd-early-2011-macbook-pro.1584023/page-5#post-24214012

The link that works for HGST Tools is in post#30. There is a link in another post which doesn't work.