Intel Mac :: Dvd Drive Is Not Working So Can't Install Os X
Jun 9, 2012other dvds are readable but not install dvd
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 27' i7 2.8GHz intel 4GB memory 2
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Mac Pro :: Second DVD Drive Install Not Working?
Mar 30, 2008I just installed the plextor px-760A dvd drive in the second optical drive bay in my new mac pro. I have set the jumper to cable select. After rebooting, both drives now dont show up at all - the apple installed drive and my new one are now not available.
I opened up the machine again to check the cabling to make sure its all seated correctly, then rebooted again - no luck. the eject button cant even open the original drive. i did a system profile and there was no dvd drive listed. I have an eject button on my top menu bar which shows "No Drives" if you click on it.
I am sure a couple of folks here have installed the plextor. what have i missed?
MacBook :: Trying To Install Snow Leopard But Optical Drive Is Not Working
Jun 3, 2012How can I install snow leopard without an optical drive? Could I take it to an apple store to get it installed or can I copy the cd over to a usb pen drive?
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
MacBook Pro :: Why Install Disc Not Working - CD Drive Reads Then Ejects It
Jun 9, 2012I own a Macbook Pro, it's a A1150 model with an Intel Core Duo processor. I'm trying to use my install disc but every time I try to use it, the cd drive reads it for a few seconds but then just ejects it afterwards. What can I try to get it to work? My laptop came with the 10.4.5 install disc and I upgraded to 10.6 Snow Leopard via disc (the disc itself just says 10.6). I have all my software updates and it shows I have OS X version 10.6.8 currently installed.
When I turn on the computer with the 10.4.5 disc already inserted and hold C it just boots up like normal and ejects my install disc. Likewise when I try with the 10.6 Snow Leopard disc it does the same thing. I've tried holding the option key and it still just ejects the disc after it reads it for a while. Both discs are genuine (not copies) in pretty much like new condition without and scratches/smudges/dirt and my Superdrive reads/burns cd and dvd's just fine.
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MacBook Pro 15", Mac OS X (10.4.7)
Intel Mac :: Dvd Drive Is Not Working?
May 28, 2012my imac dvd drive is not working anytime I put a cd or dvd in and it tries to load for like one mintue and then just ejects
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Intel Mac :: Can I Install Sata III Hard Drive
Apr 16, 2012i've an iMac G5 20" iSight with an intel core duo 2ghz. I would like to know if i can install a sata III hard drive like 128GB Crucial m4 2.5" SSD.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Intel Mac :: Can The Apple Store Install An SSD Drive To It
Jun 21, 2012I'm going to buy an iMac with the 1TB Hard Drive and Apple Care, i was wondering if you can take my iMac into the Apple Store and ask them to install an SSD drive along with my 1TB drive that came with the iMac. Basically giving me an SSD HDD like option you can take when ordering a iMac?
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Apr 29, 2012I shut off my iMac the other day and now when it boots I get a start up bar that looks like on my iPhone when uploading new os. And then it gets half way and starts over. It seems that my hard drive has an issue. Â I tried booting from snow leopard DVD. But I can't remember how to install a new system folder without erasing the drive. I tried making a bootable DVD of tech tool pro on a friends windows machine but it doesn't seem to work. Â
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.7), 4GB ram. 3.06Ghz Core 2 Duo
Intel Mac :: Install WD External Hard Drive And Use It With Macbook Pro
Jun 27, 2012After connecting my WD hard drive with my Macbook pro, I am able to view all what I have in my WD but I cant move any file from the Mac to the WD
I need to move my Iphoto library and some staff from my desktop
Info:Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Intel Mac :: Completely Reformat The Mac Hard Drive So Can Re-install From A Backup
May 19, 2012The volume Macintosh HD was found corrupt and needs to be repaired. It's asking to run a recovery. Is this going to erase everything??Â
My storage says it's using 434GB of other. Whatever other is.....did I get a virus?
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MacBook
Pro, iOS 5.1.1, Storage/Repair/Disk Utility
Intel Mac :: Install A Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid Hard Drive In 2011 27'
Apr 25, 2012As title. Heard a lot about the temp sensor that might cause this an issue? Â If its a problem, would it work if i installed it as a 2nd drive?
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iMac
Intel Mac :: Can Clean Install Lion Into Macintosh HDD Drive And Leave Bootcamp As It Is
Jun 28, 2012I would like to clean install Lion into my Macintosh HD drive and leave the bootcamp drive without getting affected from it...is it possible or do i have to do the install on all the drive?
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iMac, Windows7
IMac (Intel) :: Install Mountain Lion On External Drive Without Uninstalling Mavericks?
Jun 2, 2014When I want to get mountain Lion, apple store telles me that I have Maverick installed. How can I charge the M Lion version to install on an external drive?
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Mar 15, 2012My iMac is making the most terrible noise when burning a disc, and after two or three tracks are burnt it gives me an error message and then will not burn anymore?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
MacBook Pro :: Remove Hard Drive - Install In External Enclosure And Install OS X?
Jan 5, 2011My MBP was recently squished in a motorcycle accident and its hard drive and superdrive were destroyed. Is it possible to buy a new hard drive, put it in an external USB 2.0 enclosure, then install OS X on it using the discs that came with my destroyed MBP in a different Mac, then put the hard drive into the squished computer and have it use that hard drive as its startup disk? The motherboard on the squished computer is fine, I just can't install OS X on it because it has a broken superdrive.
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Jan 30, 2010I'm using a iMac PowerPC G5 that I've received from my brother. He gave it to me with a fresh install of Leopard on it, but he unfortunately no longer has the disc that came with the computer that he also used to format it before handing it to me. With that said, I ordered a new internal hard drive. Naturally, I'll need to re-install Leopard, but I don't have an install disc anywhere. How is this going to be possible? Or will it not be? Do I have to buy a new Leopard install disc? If so where and how much?
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Dec 20, 2009The internal hard drive on my early 2009 iMac is being replaced but I have to reinstall Snow Leopard myself.I did search in MRoogle and at Apple and cannot seem to find instructions on how to perform a clean Snow Leopard install on an iMac internal HD.
Can I do this? And if so how? Or do you think I should try and install Leopard on the existing Hd in the iMac? I still have these discs but have to get the SL applications install disc out of my drive (it's stuck and the iMac won't boot past the blue screen).
MacBook :: Install OS On Blank Hard Drive Without Install Disc
Jun 3, 2014I have an aluminum Macbook from late 2008, model A1278. I just had to replace the hard drive, and need to install an OS on the currently blank HDD. Problem is, my CD drive doesn't work, so I can't just install from a disc. I had installed Mountain Lion on my old hard drive, but the original OS was Snow Leopard. I haven't succeeded in getting any of my information off my old HDD. Is there another way to install either Snow Leopard or Lion onto my new hard drive?
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Apr 16, 2009When I got my external drive, I backed up my copy of leopard onto my drive so that if I lost the disks, I'd still have a copy.Such a thing has happended, and I need to do a clean install.Is it possible to install (reformat and install) from a FW400 drive?I know its possible to burn it to a dual layered dvd, but I don't think my iMac can burn them, and the fact that they're stupidly expensive.
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Dec 2, 2010Im not doing a back up hd i want a new install I install the drive without the screws in the hd,does that matter? I start hold option and only the cd comes up,i click it wait 2 mins then says you have to restart Did this about 10 times,please help before i take this hd out and smash it
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Oct 3, 2010I've created a massive disaster by trying to delete the Windows OS on my Mac. For the moment I'll skip all the details around how I got to this EPIC FAIL but the current condition of my Mac is this: when I restart it goes straight to the Windows OS which says "error loading operating system", when I press command+option+P+R it takes forever to load/and most of the time my Mac Installation DVD is simply sped out/. When it loads I'm trying to install the MAC OS all over again/dont care bout the data - its backed up/, it only shows the WIndows Partition which originally was FAT32 but I clicked options and I've changed it to Mac /which was the exact moment when "error loading system" appeared/ the Installation goes ok till the moment when it starts checking the Mac Install DVD and gives me an error and asks me to restart the installation. Now I'v tried with two different DVD's, cause it told me that I should check my DVD for fingerprints, stains, scratches, etc., which is not the case. And still does not work!I'm not very good at this in a first place, than I've already read 100 pages of how to fix it, and after all Im a woman!! I'm trying to keep my spirit up, but the truth is my whole life depends on that laptop / work,studies,family,friends/ please write me an email if have any idea how to fix it.
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Mar 6, 2009Clearly there must be a way to do this, right? Can I install off an external hard drive? Off a USB drive? Share my macbook pro's DVD drive somehow? If the hard drive on the mac mini is completely reformatted and I plug it into the USB port on the external hard drive which I partition and install the Leopard DMG would it be able to boot off of it?
View 9 Replies View RelatedMacBook :: Install New Hard Drive / No DVD Drive / Gray Screen Of Death
Aug 29, 2014I have never backed up my Macbook 2.1 duo before yesterday. While in the process of backing up I was using photoshop, and my computer froze. I waited 30 min and then decided to shut it down. When I tried to turn it on it will not boot-up, I only get the grey screen of death. I had just recently upgraded to Snow Leopard this week. I used an external DVD drive which seemed to cause issues. So I thought I might be able to use that to install a clean version on this busted drive, well nothing worked, tried holding option key, holding down the C key. I ordered another drive that says its compatible with my drive. Since the my mac doesnt seem to acknowledge my drive, I bought an external housing for my new internal. I want to format and load Snow leopard onto the new hard drive using my girl friends mac. then put in my macbook. I would like to know if this will work? how I need to format my drive in disk utility.. Is it possible that it is not my Hard Drive?
Another side note, I just upgraded my RAM from 1GB to 4GB on my Macbook 2.1, I did try and putting my old ram back in just incase that was the issue.
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MacBook, iOS 6, 2.1 13" intel duo
MacBook Pro :: Hard Drive Makes Crunching Sound / Partitioned Drive To Install Windows?
Aug 28, 2009So I just partitioned my drive to install Windows and noticed that my hard drive is now making that "crunching" sound that some hard drives make. It started during my Windows installation, and it happens regularly in Windows.
I also briefly hear it while OSX is starting up, but it doesn't seem to happen much in OSX. I've launched a bunch of applications and it is still pretty much silent. Any ideas what could cause this? Could it be NTFS? I have several hard drives in my PC that don't make that sound. I am using a 17" MacBook Pro unibody with the regular 320gb 5400rpm drive that it comes with.
Windows On Mac :: Internet Not Working After Xp Install?
Sep 6, 2010Recently I installed Windows XP on my 13" macbook pro using bootcamp.
It worked fine, I am able to go on windows and see the windows screen and such, but when i tried connecting to the internet it wouldn't work(I tried a ethernet cable and WiFi)
It's not the internet itself because I am using the same method right now on os x. This just occurs when I go on the windows portion.
MacBook :: Mac OS9 Working With SheepShaver - Can't Install .img Nor See .smi?
Oct 2, 2010I'm from Germany! Recently I stumbled upon a Game I used to play with my brother for hours and hours it is called Lode Runner The Legend Returns. The Problem is that it doesn't actually work on OS X so I used SheepShaver to run OS9 on my computer. So I found Load Runner on macintoshgarden.com and downloaded it. I was bringing it over to the Mac OS 9, when I realized that ".img" was not recognized by the system because a window emerged:
"The Document TLR.img could not be opened, because the application Disk Copy could not be found"!!
So I starded looking for "Disk Copy" I found one (6.3.3 to be precise) and downloaded it to the Mac OSX here you can't open it because classic mode is no longer supported on Snow Leopard. So I got into The Mac OS9 to open it via the little "unix" icon where you can access the Data on your computer and voila! I can't see the darn file. It's one of those ".smi"-files.
MacBook Air :: Remote Install Not Working?
Jan 26, 2009Been lurking around the forum getting some good ideas. I recently picked up a Macbook Air Rev A 1.8/SSD (couldn't resist at current refurb prices).
Anyway great machine but for one thing - I am trying to do a clean install but the remote install is not working for me via wifi or ethernet.
I have connected my old macbook to my MBA and I can see the dvd install disk. I successfully go through the whole process of restarting the MBA (holding the option button), the startup disks appear and I can connect to my home wireless network, I select the dvd install disk and click on the arrow button and my MBA restarts. However, it then does one of two things - restarts and goes to the desktop or there is a kernel panic attack.
Basically I don't get to the next stage where you select your language and go on to partition the drive.
MacBook Pro :: Tried Install From 3 Discs - Nothing Working?
Feb 6, 2010I have 13" MBP Mid - 2009 bought July '09. My computer started with a ? folder flashing the other day, and I can't get Leopard or Snow Leopard to reinstall. My computer has crashed before, and I ended up somehow getting Leopard to install. I have time machine backups of my data. I tried erasing and reinstalling both Leopard and Snow Leopard; I've tried re partitioning and reinstalling both Leopard and Snow Leopard; I've tried Zeroing out the data then installing and no go either. Any Ideas?
When my computer crashed before, I thought it was because of faulty snow leopard upgrade installation (installed then crashed a month later). I called Apple and they sent me a new Snow Leopard Disc. Before the disc arrived, I finally got Leopard to install. I waited till I got an external hard drive to back up my stuff before I installed snow leopard with new disc. Well, I installed snow leopard the week after christmas, and now a month later it did this again. I tried all that I told you in the above paragraph. What is wrong with my computer? I really need it cause its the only mac I have and I have papers I need to turn in that are on my backups!
Software :: Distiller Not Working Since 10.4.9 Install?
Mar 14, 2007I am a graphic designer and use Adobe Acrobat Distiller to convert eps files to pdf files for press.
Last night, I upgraded my OSX to 10.4.9
Now, upon launching Distiller, it quits immediately.
Have tried to repair permissions. Rebooted several times.
Even installed 8.0 (up from 7.0), the newest version to see if it would make a difference. Same results.
Is there a way to go back to 10.4.8 where I had no such problems?
IMac PPC :: G4 Not Working After Tiger Install?
Apr 27, 2012After installing osx 10.4.11, boot time has increased. Sometimes it will not boot at all, but when at main screen, folders and some applications cannot be opened. Ive been trying to install an older os, but it will not allow that. how to format and start over fresh.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
