New HD not showing up in Disk utility?

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  1. Tempoe, Aug 10, 2009

    Tempoe macrumors newbie

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    Hi, I have my imac apart right now and replaced the internal HD as it was not working. I assume the problem is the new one is not formatted with OSX, so from the INSTALL CD I opened the disk utility and see only one drive called "MEDIA".? Or is that just part of the install dvd that looks like a HD? In the system it shows as not formatted, 0 bytes. When selected in Partition it says :

    "This voume is the startup volume and cannot be erased. Size 7.1 GB The disk is not writable and cannot be partitioned"
    So i guess thats not my new HD I am seeing? Other than that there is only the two OSX install CD icons.

    So my new HD is not showing up or not working perhaps?

    Thanks in advance.
     
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  2. TheBritishBloke, Aug 10, 2009

    TheBritishBloke macrumors 68030

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    Sounds to me like you either haven't connected it correctly, or the actual drive isn't functioning correctly. Go ahead and check for a loose connection and try again, if that doesn't work, try returning the drive as faulty for a replacement.
     
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  3. Tempoe, Aug 10, 2009

    Tempoe thread starter macrumors newbie

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    Yes, that's what I am thinking too, the connections are good.. I will try another HD in the morning, thanks!

    EDIT: It was a bad drive, went and changed it now I'm installing the OS :)
     
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