So, I just bought a MacBook Pro. 2.6ghz 2gb (just upgraded to 4gbs) 15" screen.
I bought a new Western Digital 320gb Scorpio Blue.
I installed the hard drive myself and turned it on.
I booted from the Macbook Pro install discs.
I went up into Disk Utility to format the drive but it does not appear in the left pane. 😕
Now, I've gone back three times already, taken it apart to make sure everything was connected correctly. Which it was. This last time I also loaded into a USB enclosure and connected it to my PC. It recognized it as a New Hardware and it was also in the "System Management" for the "Disk Manager"
When I go up into "System Profiler" it recognizes it as a Serial-ATA drive.
All the correct information is there. So I know the drive works.
Does anyone know why Disk Utility is not seeing the newly installed hard drive?
How I can get the drive formatted so the install go recognize this new drive. 😕
PS. I bought the very same drive for my sisters white Macbook and that install went perfectly. Found it right away.
I bought a new Western Digital 320gb Scorpio Blue.
I installed the hard drive myself and turned it on.
I booted from the Macbook Pro install discs.
I went up into Disk Utility to format the drive but it does not appear in the left pane. 😕
Now, I've gone back three times already, taken it apart to make sure everything was connected correctly. Which it was. This last time I also loaded into a USB enclosure and connected it to my PC. It recognized it as a New Hardware and it was also in the "System Management" for the "Disk Manager"
When I go up into "System Profiler" it recognizes it as a Serial-ATA drive.
All the correct information is there. So I know the drive works.
Does anyone know why Disk Utility is not seeing the newly installed hard drive?
How I can get the drive formatted so the install go recognize this new drive. 😕
PS. I bought the very same drive for my sisters white Macbook and that install went perfectly. Found it right away.
