Hi. With external drives, the first thing I'd suggest is trying another cable. If nothing else, it rules out the cable being an issue...
Cameron. On 5/16/14, Jeff Berwick <mailingli...@berwick.name> wrote: > Actually, forget it. Now it isn't showing up in disk utility at all...Guess > there is something amiss inside my Macbook Pro :(. > > Jeff > > On May 16, 2014, at 9:45 PM, Jeff Berwick <mailingli...@berwick.name> > wrote: > >> I have replaced the internal drive, but it is only seen sometimes. I'm >> actually running off my old drive connected externally. The new drive >> shows up in disk utility, but not as a boot-up option. We installed >> Mavericks on the new drive, and it seemed to go okay. >> >> I suspect that there may be something else wrong internally, but was >> hoping that I could find a way to mark the new disk as bootable and save >> myself the cost and trip to the Apple store. >> >> Jeff >> >> On May 16, 2014, at 9:32 PM, Cameron Strife <came...@cameronstrife.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi. So, just so we're on the same page here, you replaced an internal >>> drive on a machine with one drive in it and you can only boot from it >>> some of the time? did the OSX install go okay? >>> >>> Cameron. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 5/16/14, Jeff Berwick <mailingli...@berwick.name> wrote: >>>> Is there a way of making a drive bootable? I have just had my computer >>>> crap >>>> out on me, and I have replaced the drive. It shows up sometimes, but >>>> not >>>> always. I am unable to boot from it and, before I take the computer in >>>> for >>>> a serious look-over, I'd like to try this. >>>> >>>> Thx, >>>> Jeff >>>> >>>> On May 16, 2014, at 9:24 PM, Cameron Strife <came...@cameronstrife.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi. If you have a bootable drive, you can boot from it by going into >>>>> system preferences and selecting the drive in startup disk. Or, hold >>>>> down the option key when you hear the chime when restarting the >>>>> machine. This will give you a list of available devices to boot >>>>> from;internal hd, superdrive etc. If it is a bootable drive, you >>>>> should be able to select it from that list using the arrow keys then >>>>> hit enter. You may need to guess, or, just grab someone with some >>>>> working eyeballs to tell you how many times you need to arrow before >>>>> hitting enter. >>>>> >>>>> Hope that helps, >>>>> >>>>> Cameron. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 5/16/14, Lee Jones <leejones...@sky.com> wrote: >>>>>> Dear List I wondered if anyone knows of a podcast or tutorial on how >>>>>> to >>>>>> create a bootable drive and then get the mac to boot from the >>>>>> external >>>>>> either a clone or set up from scratch. >>>>>> >>>>>> Many Thanks Lee >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups >>>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send >>>>>> an >>>>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an >>>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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