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MY MACBOOK 13" (WHITE) CAN'T find hard drive
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JesseHe
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Jun 10, 2011, 07:42 PM
 
MY MACBOOK 13" (WHITE) CAN'T find hard drive， Please help me。
Befor，I just change a hard drive， when I turn on my macbook， nothing. But DVD drive work good。
     
Spheric Harlot
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Jun 11, 2011, 01:35 AM
 
You must FORMAT (initialize) the drive first.

When you boot from the Install DVD, choose "Disk Utility" from the "Utilities" menu as soon as you are able, and use that to "Erase" (= initialize) the internal drive.

The installer will then be able to find it.
     
   
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