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MacBook Hard Drives not recognized
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Join Date: Sep 2009
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My son's MacBook had the flashing question mark. Tried to fix via Disk Utility, but it couldn't see the drive. I assumed the drive was dead, bought a new one, just installed it. Ran OS X install disk, but it can't find the disk.
I have to assume the problem is not a hard drive problem as such.
Any ideas?
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Well, it could be the motherboard that's toast, and hence can't access the HD.
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I think you could be right!
Cheers,
John
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Clinically Insane
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You could take it to an Apple Store and have the Genius run some hardware tests.
Drive Genius or TechTool Pro are two apps that can run these sort of tests.
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Cheers,
Thanks for the help - I'll head there tomorrow.
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Join Date: Apr 2003
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when you ran OSX install disk, you didn´t see the hd when you tried to install OSX? or when you attempted to format it first?
regards
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I had the same thing with mine.... the replaced the Logic Board and HD!
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Can it boot from the install DVD?
Can it boot from an external drive?
If booted from the install DVD, does it recognize an internal HDD at all?
If the answer to any of the above is no, you probably need to have it fixed by Apple or an AASP.
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Originally Posted by JConnell 
My son's MacBook had the flashing question mark. Tried to fix via Disk Utility, but it couldn't see the drive. I assumed the drive was dead, bought a new one, just installed it. Ran OS X install disk, but it can't find the disk.
You need to format it with Disk Utility before the installer can see it.
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