I have a Mac Pro in which i installed a 300 gig velociraptor along with the stock 320 gig HD. It would obviously make more sense to use this Velociraptor as the boot disk, so how would I transfer the info from the 320 gig hard drive to the velociraptor and change it to be the boot disk?
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my Mac Pro 2008 runs Snow Leopard 10.6.1 on a striped software RAID and Windows XP using Bootcamp on a separate hard drive.
Initially that separate hard drive had been split into two partitions, one for Time Machine and one for Windows. But eventually I decided to get rid of the Time Machine partition and dedicate the entire hard drive to Windows.
I've done that but there appeared a strange problem. In System Preferences my startup disk was set to Windows and now I'm unable to change it to Mac OS X anymore. (Please see the screenshot below).
Of course I can select Mac OS X while holding "Alt" on boot, but having Windows a default OS on Mac Pro is very disturbing
I have no idea what is "boot helper partition" and what's wrong with it. I'm afraid that Windows installer (I had to use it while transforming the partition) messed something up.
Hello all, was just reading the BBC news site and came across this article about BIOS being reflaced by UEFI- was wondering if any tech savvy folk might know a little more about how it might affect mac boot times? Sounds a major leap from what I could glean
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a MacBook 4,1 with Intel Core 2 Duo processor 4GB Ram. It is taking over 10 minutes to boot up past the gray apple screen when I turn it on. First I cleared the PRam (?) then I checked the disk using Disk Utility Verify, and it said the disk needed repairs. So I ran the disk repair and it said it was unable to fix the errors on the HD.
I did a little research and tried booting into the Single User mode, then running /sbin/fsck -fy. It said that it found errors but could not fix them. I ran it two more times as suggested and got the same result each time. I then tried rebooting and now instead of taking 10 minutes to boot up, it takes about 5 minutes on the gray apple screen and then just turns off. I started in Verbose mode to try to troubleshoot the error and it appears the last thing to come across the screen before power down is a message "Apple Yukon 2: RxRingSize <= 1024....etc".
I decided next I would run the Apple Hardware Tester. The test came back with an error code "4SNS/1/40000001:IG0C-0.265". I am very good at searching the web but I could not find any errors that had the IG0C or IGOC or any combination at the end, but plenty of 4SNS/1/40000000(1) errors with different endings. From what I can tell people are saying anything with 4SNS/1/4000000 is a logic board failure, but this computer was literally just booting this morning until I did the /sbin/fsck -fy.
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.6)
I am considering purchasing diskwarrior but want to make sure it can help my situation before I purchase it. My imac will not boot from the internal hard drive (Intel processor) When I use disk utility to try and repair the disk, I get error messages and it won't repair. I can see the HD but cannot repair it. When I connect using target mode with my mac book pro, the hard drive does not appear on my host (macbook pro) computer. I have reloaded OS X (Leopard) onto a firewire external drive and can boot my imac that way but I can not find my original internal Macintosh HD. Will disk warrior be able to help with this scenario. I would really like to access that internal Macintosh HD and retrieve my files.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI'm currently in the process of trying to install Win7 on my Macbook Pro (purchased July '07) using an ISO burned to a DVD with Disk Utility. Unfortunately, the DVD isn't bootable, and while the symptoms match what's in this blog post, the author's solution involved using a Windows-only program.
I'd like to know if it's possible to re-burn the ISO without the version number in the filenames as in the original solution, but with Disk Utility or something else that a Mac can use.
Just an FYI. Tech Support at Allsoft states The Disk Warrior 4.2 Boot DVD will not Boot the new 2010 MBP's. They are waiting for information (software) from Apple.
Will need to use Target Mode or another Mac connected with Firewire till then. Boot from that then run DW from your MBP.
I have tried zapping the pram, nvram, unable to boot from a disk, tried safe mode, tried verbose, did the single user /sbin/fsck -fy several times and it came back with everything appears OK. Tried the hardware test & no trouble found, did the short & long test.The MacBook is a college kid (friend of my youngest) that dropped it off last night and I am stumped. I thought it was surely the HD but all the test say it is fine.I cannot get it to boot from a disk either.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI was attempting to gain access to an old external harddrive, so I downloaded a live CD. I changed the startup disk in the system preferences and restarted my computer. To my knowledge this was a one time change, meaning it would only target my DVD drive for one boot. So I used the live CD and I can't seem to eject it from my computer. Also, I can't force it to boot from my harddrive. I know keystrokes can initiate a different boot but nothing seems to work.
* While turning on the computer....
* option key
* C
* eject button
* Allowing the mac to boot into the live disk and attempting to eject the disk that way
I'd like to change hard disk in my macbook. Fisically i think is easy but i am little bit worried to install the os....i have a back up of time machine.My idea was : change the hard disk , after insert the cd snow leopard and format the new hard disk ( but i dont know really how, maybe when i insert the cd i press options ).After when the hard disk is format instal the mac os and everything from the backup of time machine ( but i do not know very well how )
View 2 Replies View RelatedI'm planning on using SoftRAID to mirror my boot system drive. Softraid allows to ADD another mirrored drive (or more) to an already existing boot drive without the need to reformat anything. From what I've read, it seems this software works well. I don't have anymore PCI slots so a hardware RAID isn't an option for me.
So here are my questions:
1. After I add a mirror drive to my already existing boot drive, will this new configuration cause the volume ID to change, as if it were another drive? in other words, will I have to authorize a bunch of my plugins again because they will think I moved them to another system? Cloning a boot drive doesn't allow to use the same authorization for most plugins. Will the added mirrored drive have the same effect?
2. Say one of these drives fails, and after I replace the faulty drive with a new one, then the software rebuilds my mirror boot drive combo, will the ID change again, or will the current plugin auths still work?
I have so many plugins now, I can bear the idea of losing my boot drive because it takes me weeks to re-serialize my plugins. Half these plugin auths go by BOTH the drive ID AND the Logic Board ID, so reformatting or getting a new drive (or reverting to a previous system, clean reinstalling a system etc) is a nightmare for me. When my boot drive fails It's more worth the trouble for me to purchase another computer and gain the extra speed. I feel the mirrored boot drive is a great solution if I can keep replacing the drives when they fail, for a longer general system life... If the RAID keeps the same ID that is..
i was having some difficulties with passwords and whatnot so i popped in the mac os install disk to boot up password resetter through the utilities menu so i changed my log in password thru there but then when i booted back everything was gone like everything was set back to default..my music folders gone my settings gone like everything
View 12 Replies View RelatedI found soft change hard disk serial on Windows and I think there is a soft change hard disk serial on MAC too.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI am having troubles booting from the Mac OS X Install Disc by holding down the "c" key at startup. Can I change the startup disc in Leopard to the DVD and then change it back to Macintosh HD after I am done doing what I need to do with the disc (no, not a reinstall of the OS). Is this possible? Will it work?
View 5 Replies View Relatedmy hard drive failed so i was using my external hard drive to run leopard. But i decided to take the Macbook Pro apart and see maybe the hard drive wasn't connected properly. After i did that, i screwed everything back in place and switched it on but to my surprise it didn't come on, it was just a blank screen.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI was just wondering how I can change my boot and login panel?
View 4 Replies View RelatedHow to Change Boot options with Terminal, or Startup Disk.
Problem I want to Install Boot Camp On my old Macbook Pro, But the "Superdrive" is not super anymore... So I only have the USB option.So I for instance partitioned my Extern HD and installed Lion in hope that it gave me the option to use the USB drive, since Boot Camp 4.0.1 have more options than 3.0.1 But all for nothing the macbook pros s EFI is set to only use the Superdriveport, and not like the Macbook air. I have seen I can use some rEFIt program to go in and change the preferred drive for starup. But I would rather like not to have a to change anything in the EFI with any program.
- So it must be possible to sort of make the Macbook Pro into an Air regarding the drives, if you know any kind of programming, which I dont.
Info:MacbookPro3,1, Mac OS X (10.6.6), Model Number A1226
I changed permissions for HD to no access for everyone, the Mini hang up, I had to force shutdown, ever since it is stuck on the apple and rotating bars, MacMini with OS X 10.7.2! I booted in asfe mode still stuck, repair permissions using the backup hd "10.7.2 after pressing shift key" did no fix!
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Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
boot camp 4 is not support Win Xp 32bit , so How can I can change boot camp 4 to 2 or 3.
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
I am changin my iBook G4s hard drive. I am referring to a well written guide published on [URL]. But I am stuck on a step. For removing the front panel, there is screw hidden under a magnet. Somehow I can not remove that magnet. I have tried using L end keys, screw drivers, nose pliers and even a powerful magnet. This disk would not come out!
View 3 Replies View RelatedI put an external USB drive into my Macbook Pro, to transfer some files from it to a PC. I wanted to delete a file from a folder that I've just copied, but the file would just pop right back on.I've tried to erase the whole drive, Disk Utility couldn't. Tried to use sudo chmod 755 on the volume, it said that I only have read only previliges.
Info:MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.2), Driver : USB Transcend JF V30/8G
It is full permission in windows , I am logged in as admin in mac and there is no option in permissions menu in " get info " of this disk.I can not copy anything on my external disk?
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MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.53 GHz), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I just received my 3rd replacement mac pro, the second one (same spec, apple replaced it for me) is here too. I'm trying to get the 'new' one up and running. They are both identical spec - stock Octo 2.8, with 8800GT, 500GB HD, and Airport.
Anyway, I bought a 750gb Samsung F1 on the 'old' mac pro and installed my OS and all my audio software and plugins on there. The 500GB drive holds only the audio data (no OS). Is it OK to just remove one boot drive from the 'old' mac pro, and put it in the new one? The are both the same spec machines...
The reason i ask is because i am getting very scary and random SHUTDOWNS on the new mac pro, all of a sudden - it will turn off, then briefly (for half a second) the fans will spin again, then it will die. It is as if something is tripping the power off, or messing with it at least. It's done it several times now. The first time i was doing a time machine backup, came back to the computer an hour later, and it was off completely. It wouldn't start for a while, then all of a sudden, it did on its own, a couple of seconds after i tried pressing the switch.
I tried to run the apple diagnostic test, and shut down after a minute or so. So i took out the stock 500GB hard drive (only the 750GB left in it now) and i'm running it again. We'll see what the results are. But anyway, has anyone done this? It should be ok to take the drive out and put it back in, right?
running OS X 10.5.6 on a macbook. I have been backing up using time machine to my Time Capsule, but would like to start backing up to a firewire drive. When I open up the Time Machine preferences and click change disk, nothing happens.
View 5 Replies View RelatedSo I have been running into a bunch of weird issues lately (got errors on emptying the trash, FCP is acting all crashy, couldn't unmount an internal disk to format it, etc) so I wanted to run the hardware test that is on the installer disk that came with my MP. Problem is, the machine won't boot from the disk. If I boot holding down the D key it boots to a grey screen and a dialog box pops up for a second and then *poof* the computer shuts down. It happens so quick there is literally no chance to read what it says. If I boot holding down option and try to click the install disk I immediately hang, the mouse doesn't respond anymore and I'm screwed and need to hard restart.
So I figured "hey I got a backup, I'll just reinstall OS X". Nope, still won't boot using the "install Mac OS X" from the disk. I click restart and I just get a grey screen again and nothing happens. I hear the drive spin up and then spin down and silence. Everything is disconnected from the computer except for my screen my keyboard and mouse.
Everything is up to date. Zapped pram, repaired permission and ran cron scripts via Onyx so I am at a loss what to do now. This is troubling because even if I have a problem I have no way of reinstalling the OS. I can work because the computer is working almost normally but this worries me.
This is a new MP 2.8.
Everything has been working tip top until this morning.
EDIT - I bought SL for my MBP so I have the retail disk. I was able to boot from that but it doesn't have the hardware test so it still looks like I am SOL for now.
So I restarted, hit option until "Macintosh HD" showed up. Then I hit "c" and "Mac OS X Install Disc" showed up. So far so good.
I then selected the CD, and hit enter. It started to boot up and my cd drive started to make whirring noises, so I knew it was all good. And then, it went into the grey screen with the Apple logo in the middle. However, with it taking a long time, I went for my usual jog (it was my jogging time anyways). But when I came back (over an hour later) it was still on the grey screen with the apple logo.
Earlier tonight my Macbook crashed I went to restart and it crashed finally after several attempts I used my Mac OSX disk and was able to boot from the disk and then from there load Leopard,But my problem is that this is the only way to boot up(Macbook won't load on it's own).
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have an 08 mac dual quad and wanted to ask if i could boot my computer from an external instead of having the disc as an internal?
that way i can use the 4 bays for terra byte action and run a raid of sorts without having one bay for the OS.
also if i can do this could i also install boot camp on another external to run my boot camp partition from an external as well?
or can you run parallels or fusion from the same disc as the mac OS at the same time?
just erased the hard drive to reload and sell the laptop and it will boot off the disk but not actually install? Continues to give me an error.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.1), 2008
I just bought my first Mac a few weeks back and the switch has been going good but have had one thing that I can't seem to find any info on...
Is it possible to change the boot order on a Mac like in the BIOS on a PC? The reason I ask is that when I have my external hard drive connected the bootup time is slower.
Could this be that the Mac equivalent of the BIOS is doing a quick scan of the hard drive first, looking for an bootable operating system? Or is that extra time just OS X mounting the hard drive?
