OS X :: Formatting Internal Hdd As A Start Up Disc?
Dec 16, 2009
I got an eMac with failed hard drive which I am about to replace. The problem is that all hard drives available out there need to be formatted first for Mac. So the question is how can I format new internal hard drive in the computer, which is going to be used as a start up disc the same time? Is that can be done? Or do I have to mount it as a external one and format it that way (that will required me to buy ATA connector which I try to avoid.?
View 2 Replies
ADVERTISEMENT
Oct 6, 2009
I'm running a Dual 2.5 Ghz Power PC G5 with OS X 10.4.9.
This morning I tried to install a second internal hard drive, that will not be a startup disk. Its going to be used as a scratch disk for video and photo work. The drive is: WD Caviar Black SATA.
After installing the drive into the lower drive bay, I turned the computer back on and it said it couldn't recognize it. I clicked "intialize..." And now I'm in disk utility not really sure what to do. I have the DVD for OS 10.5.6. Apparently I need to format the disk? I don't really know what that entails. I'm not really prepared to update my startup disks OS. Can I still format the secondary drive with the newer software? How does one "format" a disk anyway?
View 6 Replies
View Related
May 21, 2010
I noticed this morning my internal 1TB HDD I use for my Time Machine backups had disappeared from Finder, tried formatting/First Aid and I get the following error
Quote:
Originally Posted by Disk Utility
Disk Erase failed with the error:
POSIX reports: The operation couldn�t be completed. Cannot allocate memory
Tried the fixes on MacFixIt but I get the following errors in Terminal
Quote:
Originally Posted by Terminal
Started erase on disk1
Unmounting disk
Erasing
newfs_hfs: write (sector 0): Cannot allocate memory
Mounting disk
Could not mount disk1 with name (null) after erase
Error: -9944: File system formatter failed
Mark-Nicholsons-Mac-Pro:~ markleshark$
andddddd
Quote:
Originally Posted by Terminal
fdisk: /dev/disk1: Permission denied
Any ideas? Could really do without the drive being cooked.
View 7 Replies
View Related
Sep 15, 2010
just received my brand new iMac 27" i7 today (2.93Ghz /2TB HDD + 256GB SSD/12GB RAM (4GB stock, although I upgraded 8GB more)) and I couldn't be happier. It's absolutely wonderful although it really burnt my wallet! I have managed to successfully install Windows XP via Boot Camp and have both Mac OSX & Windows running natively. I am very suprised that XP can see all the hard drives available within the mac itself even though they are HFS although I assume I cannot write onto them.
I believe I am at the stage where I would like to partition the 2TB HDD as discussed previously in my previous questions on this board. I would like 1TB for mac data storage (Mac OS extended) but I would like the other 1TB for Windows data storage (NTFS), however, this does not seem possible in the disk utility There is, however, an option for 'free space' or ExFat (FAT 32). Would I be right in saying I could format the hard drive as 2 partitions, partition 1 being Mac OS Extended and the 2nd Partition as free space or ExFat via Disk Utility. Once that is complete, I boot up XP and right click on the 2nd Parition which is ExFAT or Free Space and reformat the partition as NTFS? Does that work and make sense or is that stupidity?
(also on a side note, completely off topic, does anyone know how to get the magic mouse working in XP? I've got the keyboard (wired) working fine, however, the mouse doesn't seem to commicate. I've followed the tutorial/guides of adding the bluetooth mouse but when I tick the box "keyboard, mouse and misc functions (HID)" it states "access denied". I've tried several times and the device that i've just added disappears?
View 9 Replies
View Related
Apr 21, 2008
I have an external external 500gb Seagate hard drive, that works fine as a USB external but I wanted to put it inside my MacPro, is this possible without any need to format, just plug and play?
View 1 Replies
View Related
May 6, 2012
Last week I decided to delete everything on my disc and install Lion on clear disc. But before that I created an Time Machine disc and copied everything to it. I did the installation proces. Everything's worked fine until I turned my MBP off and on again. It has asked me for a password (to log in). It was (and still is) very strange because on this computer I had only one password and it's incorrect! I can't log in, I can't change settings! Every time if I want to use my computer I have to use Snow Leopard's installation disc and reset password. But it's even stranger. After I do this (every time!) the password is still incorrect (if I for example want to change settings or reboot my MacBook).
Info:
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
View 2 Replies
View Related
Jun 4, 2012
Last week I decided to delete everything on my disc and install Lion on clear disc. But before that I created an Time Machine disc and copied everything to it. I did the installation process. Everything's worked fine until I turned my MBP off and on again. It has asked me for a password (to log in). It was (and still is) very strange because on this computer I had only one password and it's incorrect! I can't log in, I can't change settings! Every time if I want to use my computer I have to use Snow Leopard's installation disc and reset password. But it's even stranger. After I do this (every time!) the password is still incorrect (if I for example want to change settings or reboot my MacBook).
Info:
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
View 7 Replies
View Related
Jun 2, 2014
After reformating de disc do i have to insert the disc with the os that came with the mac originaly or i can start it directly from the back up made?
Info:
MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)
View 5 Replies
View Related
Jun 1, 2010
I have recently tried to run Onyx which has identified a problem which requires me to run disc utilities from the start up disc. The Snow leopard disc I have only appears to offer Install option.
Q1 Have I missed something?
Q2 Otherwise should I try to run Disc Utilities from an earlier version of OSX
View 4 Replies
View Related
Apr 4, 2009
My G-4 startup disc is full and now the computer won't start up. I am told to put a startup disc in the drive and restart from it, but I cannot get the disc drive to open. I have tried everything, including copying over to external hard drive. I read that if you hold the mouse button down, the disc drive will open, but this hasn't worked.
View 6 Replies
View Related
Apr 6, 2009
After installing a new account on the internal harddisc after software problems, my MAC OS 10 went into lock. Not only the internal harddisc, but also my three external harddiscs. My MAc says I don't have the priviliges to unlock, which is not the case of course. If I go to 'info' I can unlock the lock icon on my user account, but from then on the MAC does not respond to any commands or changes I would like to make.
View 4 Replies
View Related
Jun 5, 2009
I have had a problem for about a month whereby my MBP won't shut down, it just hangs after it has cleared the desktop and only the wallpaper is displayed. Now disk utility won't see the disk at all, and Software Update also does not find any updates. It checks for new software for ever. My mac starts up fine, and I can use it as normal.
View 5 Replies
View Related
Oct 4, 2009
I'm new to Mac and I'd like to ask a question regarding Photoshop. I have 1TB on the hard disc, which is currently designed as a scratch disc (by default), and 1Tb of external drive that I currently use for storing miscellaneous items and as a backup. I would like to ask for opinion of someone more experienced - is it better to use an internal or external scratch disc for Photoshop, and if internal, is it better to create a partition or just leave things as they are.
View 8 Replies
View Related
Oct 9, 2010
I have a mac book pro with a 111.8GB internal HD (only internal hard drive). current state: 3 partitions (all very close to the same size) named: "HDD_tiger", "shared" and "other". As the name implies HDD_tiger has 10.4.11 on it. goal state: I want to join the "shared" and "other" partitions without ffecting "HDD_tiger". Other data that might be needed: I don't care what the other name of the partition is but I plan to move my iTunes files from an external HD to this new > 70GB partition. I have 66GB in my iTunes folder (hence the reason it's on an external HD). Date of Manufacture: less than 8 months after Apple went to Intel processors
Processors: 2.16 GHz dual core
RAM: (maxed) 2GB DDR2 SDRAM
Start up disc: HDD_tiger
View 8 Replies
View Related
Feb 5, 2010
I am running OS 10.6 on a MacPro 2,6 MHz (build late 2009). Besides the 650Gig factory HD there is also a 1000Gig Samsung Spinpoint F3 with an HFS and NTFS partition and a 320 Gig Samsung HD with 2 NTFS partitions in bay 3. The later gets ejected from the system quiet often. I get the error message, that a disc was not ejected properly. After this incident, some programs crash or the whole system freezes.
View 1 Replies
View Related
Sep 5, 2009
I just upgraded my MacBooks hard drive and put in the install cd to restore from my time machine backup. Evedything went smoothly until I chose the new hard drive as the destination for the restore. I was told that the install failed to erase the hard drive and to restart and try again. So I did but when I try to erase or partition the drive, there is an error and it fails. The hard drve seems fine since it can be seen by disc utility but after it fails to partition or erase, it disappears from the disc utility forcing me to restart. The process I've done about 5 times now is boot the comp, choose time machine restore, then while the install is calculating the space the restore would require and searching for discs to install on, nothing shows up so I go to disc utility and try to erase or partition the drive only for it to fail and disappear from disc utility. At this point I hold down the power button to turn it off and restart the process.
The first time I tried, the restore process saw the drive while calculating the restores size requirements and allowed me to go the next step where it would automatically try to erase the hard drive (without me having to go into disc utility myself) but after the first try, it just says "searching for disks" and so I go into disc utility myself where I can see the disk.
View 1 Replies
View Related
Jun 8, 2012
My computer intermittently does not recognize the internal disc burning device. Device does not workwhen seen Diagnostic report says:
[code]...
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
View 2 Replies
View Related
Mar 26, 2012
I have managed to put a document into the Internal Modem Fax Queue, but I cannot get the job to actually Start sending.My MBP is connected to my DSL line via Airport.The Airport Base is the old Snow Flying Saucer. Maybe I need to connect it to the telephone line via its phone jack? And include the DSL filter in-line ?
Info:
Safari, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
View 1 Replies
View Related
Dec 8, 2014
2104 Mac Pro 10.9.5 250gb hd 32gb ramÂ
All of a sudden this morning my Mac Pro hard drive filled up with data...completely. I had a Finder window open and watched as the available space went form 90gb+ to ZERO. About this Mac shows over 100gb of "Other" data and ran Space Gremlin and it shows 207gb of "Restricted" data.
Info:
Mac Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), Work Desktop
View 2 Replies
View Related
Jul 1, 2014
My Mac stopped recognizing it's internal HD, (HD1), a few day's ago. There is a blinking question mark when starting up.Â
I have replaced it with an older HD, HD(2) and this boots OK and works fine in my MacBookPro.Â
I have connected the HD(1) via USB, in a caddy, and it is recognized as an external disk.Â
I have removed, the older, HD(2) and used HD(1) as "start-up" disk, via Caddy with no internal HD fitted, , and it worked OK on all tasks.Â
I have reinstalled the offending HD(1) in the MacBookPro but it is, again, not recognized ??? and I am getting the Blinking Question Mark, as before.
Fortunately I had just backed up HD(1)Â
View 5 Replies
View Related
May 4, 2009
i'm trying to install leopard on my Imac G5 running tiger but here's the deal.
i got a leopard start up disc from another Imac thinking that i could just put leopard on my Imac...all the requirements are met but it doesn't work.
View 2 Replies
View Related
Sep 6, 2009
Whenever I start up my mac book pro with my LaCie 1TB ext HD attached via FW800 it tries to boot from the LaCie instead of the internal HD. Obviously there is no OS on my ext HD since it's a movie back up so I just get the flashing folder icon.
View 2 Replies
View Related
Dec 9, 2008
Im trying to restore my iBook G4 because it wont let me log on so i try try starting it from the install disc but holding down "c" dont work for me
View 4 Replies
View Related
Mar 9, 2012
Im getting an error message that states Mac OSX start disc has no more available space for application memory. Also color wheel continues to spin with no progress. Computer gets hung up. Computer is only months old.
Info:
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
View 1 Replies
View Related
Mar 12, 2012
I keep getting a message to say my start disc is full and I cant understand why. I dont have a lot of things saved on it and it affecting the operating of my laptop ie, freezing/wont download new mail.
Info:
MacBook Air, iOS 5.1
View 5 Replies
View Related
May 26, 2012
How do I use my installation disc to start up my iMac?
View 14 Replies
View Related
Jun 2, 2012
I've dumped all unneccesary applications, all documents, all movies and music, no documents and I keep getting a message that my start up disc is full. I also minused my self off and deleted my account creating a new one and that sitll did not help.Â
View 3 Replies
View Related
Jun 28, 2014
How do I reinstall my HD start up disc?
View 1 Replies
View Related
Apr 29, 2012
So I accidentally saved the wrong files to my start up disc. It appears that mac is seeking direction and isn't getting it. All I get is the white screen with the spinning ball. Things I've tried already, 1. (Shift Key) Booting in Safe-Mode. result is: Mac starts to enter safe mode, the little power meter starts to build on the screen, after about 20 seconds the meter stops and the fan speed increases until it gets pretty loud. Eventually the fan speed mellows out, but it never actually boots up. 2. (Option key) This gives me a choice of two drives to choose from, MAC HD & Mac Recovery. I've tried clicking on both drives multiple times by themselves with no luck. I've tried clicking on them seperately and then went right into safe mode with no luck. 3. I've even tried downloading a recovery file from apple and put it on a disc. result: It reads the disc and the goes back to that wonderful white screen and spinning ball.
Info:
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)
View 1 Replies
View Related
May 5, 2012
I ignored the startup disc is full message now it; has me log on then goes to the milky way screen and basically stops
Info:MacBookPro
View 2 Replies
View Related
