Leopard OS Installation - Hardisk not recognized

Last update on October 31, 2009 09:19 AM by aakai1056
Published by aakai1056

Leopard OS Installation - Hardisk not recognized




Issue



Recently my son had the 160GB HD on his Mac Book Pro 15 replaced with a 320GB. The HD replacement was done by a 3rd party and they used data transfer to copy the data from the old HD to the new. It boots up fine when you power the MBP up. The startup volume shows up on the desktop. However, when trying to reinstall the Leopard OS from the Installer DVD, the Installer does not see the startup HD. The utility function on the Installer does not see the startup HD. What needs to be done to get the Installer to recognize this new HD?

Solution


This problem is very to fix, please follow these instructions:
  • Start up on the leopard installer DVD
  • Use disk utilities to:
    • ERASE the hard drive
    • Repair disk
    • Erase and rename the harddrive to the recognizeable MacHD
  • Relaunch the installer and it allows you to continue to install as needed...


Thanks to Papischmurf for this tip on the forum.
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