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Hard Drive Replacement Problem - 867 mHz Tibook
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Problem: upgraded my stock Fujitsu 40 Gig HD on a 867 mHz Tibook, 1 Gig Ram ,with a new Seagate Momentus 80 Gig HD 2.5" 5400.2 8mb. When powering on I get the old Mac OS smiley face w/"?" flashing. Thought the drive might be bad, so i put the Fujitsu back in. Same result.
Okay, what did I do (or didn't do)?
Please help - i feel like an idiot ! Thanks. 
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Originally Posted by silentfeet
Problem: upgraded my stock Fujitsu 40 Gig HD on a 867 mHz Tibook, 1 Gig Ram ,with a new Seagate Momentus 80 Gig HD 2.5" 5400.2 8mb. When powering on I get the old Mac OS smiley face w/"?" flashing. Thought the drive might be bad, so i put the Fujitsu back in. Same result.
Okay, what did I do (or didn't do)?
Please help - i feel like an idiot ! Thanks.
Just to cover the bases: Have you tried booting off a Mac OS installation CD? And if you have, then have you tried resetting your PRAM?
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15" MacBook Pro Core2Duo 2.33
160gig PMR HD / 2 GB RAM
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Originally Posted by silentfeet
Problem: upgraded my stock Fujitsu 40 Gig HD on a 867 mHz Tibook, 1 Gig Ram ,with a new Seagate Momentus 80 Gig HD 2.5" 5400.2 8mb. When powering on I get the old Mac OS smiley face w/"?" flashing. Thought the drive might be bad, so i put the Fujitsu back in. Same result.
Okay, what did I do (or didn't do)?
Please help - i feel like an idiot ! Thanks.
Yes, probably the startup disk info is lost while you removed your battery. Just put in a bootable cd and hold 'c' during startup. If you have already cloned your os to the new drive it may also help to repair permissions (after starting from a cd). That was the reason why my new momentus drive did not start the first time.
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Maybe a simple question... but did you format and install the OS on the new drive?
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Thank you "brother 337", "Dr. Michael", and "chipchen",
to answer all of your advice and questions, when booting up from a cd, the new drive was never "sen" by the computer, so I could not reformat, or install the OS, nor did resetting the PRAM make any difference. I have since taken the machine in to a repair shop. I may have damaged the ribbon when removing it from the hd. As I mentioned earlier, when I reinstalled the drive, it would not start up either. I will post the fix as soon as i hear from the shop. Thanks to you three for your input.
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Update on the this matter:
I now have the powerbook back and working. The problem was caused by my damaging the cable when removing it from the old drive. Should have used a flat blade instead of my fingers when removing the cable. the price for my mistake: $140 plus a day down. Well, I learned something. Thanks to brother337, Dr.Michael, and chipchen for your input. This matter can be considered resolved. 
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