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Patrick-32

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Sep 6, 2012
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I recently changed optical drive to have a caddy and my older HD, i and replaced the original with a 128gb SSD so the old original hard disk went into the caddy.

It came up fine in my left panel in finder.. but now doesn't ....I have a feeling I unmounted it or ejected it (if there is a difference)

is there a way to get it back....

I tried disk utility and does not show.. I tried command and shows replies but I'm not sure I understand, the SSD i use for running oS is 128gb but the second one I have installed is bigger. I'm not sure why is says (internal, virtual): and (internal, physical): or where the second hard drive has disappeared too.

Can someone check the output below and explain it to me and also help out with getting my HD loaded so I can browse it.

I tried terminal command distil list and get this output..



Code:
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *128.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Mac                     127.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk2 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Mac                    +126.8 GB   disk2
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 2471DB76-93CE-4DA2-A8E8-9A40EE9B1F71
                                 Unencrypted

This is what DiskUtility Shows..

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Is your hard drive listed in your System Information?
Go to Apple menu/About This Mac, then click on System Report.
Click on the SATA/SATA Express tab.
If you don't see it there, then your hard drive is dead, or the SATA cable is loose, or faulty.
 
Is your hard drive listed in your System Information?
Go to Apple menu/About This Mac, then click on System Report.
Click on the SATA/SATA Express tab.
If you don't see it there, then your hard drive is dead, or the SATA cable is loose, or faulty.
Why does it have 2 x intel 6 series chipset

No idea why it showed.. the other hard drive was perfect before i took it out and the cable also was used for optical drive.
il check if anything is lose.. would it matter than a mac os was installed on the old one before hand.
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Was a lose connection to the board. i had checked it earlier but it didn't show up, checked it again and wasn't connected, it shows in left panel now.
 
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