#Mac new hard drive file format how to
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#Mac new hard drive file format Pc
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#Mac new hard drive file format driver

You should hear the device chime in Windows, or you can verify that the device driver was recognized and installed in Device Manager.

#Mac new hard drive file format Pc

Plug the USB cable into your PC and turn on the power switch on the cable (if you haven't already).

If you bought the same one I did, there is a connector that adapts the standard power supply connector to SATA. The smaller plug is the data cable that goes into the rectangular USB connector. There will be two cables to plug in and they are directional.

Plug the removed hard drive into the SATA/IDE to USB device.

#Mac new hard drive file format install

Download HFS Explorer and install it on your PC ( ).

Step 3: Using a PC and HFS Explorer to Recover Files

Put the back plate down and don't breathe on it or the rubber stuff will come off again.

Slowly glide the tool around the edge, lifting the rubber back into place, being extra cautious around the corners.

GENTLY slip the edge of the case removal tool under the edges of the rubber coating with the edge of the tool facing towards you and lift the edge back over the edge of the metal backing.

Hold the rubber coating on the metal case with the metal part (inside of the cover) facing you.

After you have finished removing the bottom cover, get out the case removal tool from the list of things you'll need that you diligently ordered with your new hard drive for just $1 or so.

If you messed up and pulled off the rubber coating:

Pull gently at the cable connector seated in the end of the hard drive facing the exterior of the case to disconnect the hard drive.

If your hard drive is OEM, there should be a plastic tab that you gently pull on to lift the hard drive, being cautious of the SATA cable.

This must be removed before the hard drive is pulled out.

You will see a small black bar held down with two screws right next to the hard drive.

To pull the cover, put your fingers at the hinge of the MacBook screen (from the bottom), and lift from the metal part under the rubber cover. If you accidentally do this, tip to follow.

Remove the hard drive from the device by removing the 8 screws from the bottom of the MacBook and pulling off the bottom cover, being careful not to pull at the edges as it will pull off the rubber coating.

Here's a great visual guide to the steps below:

#Mac new hard drive file format mac

Step 2: Removing the Hard Drive from the Mac

If you didn't receive a nasty message on step 5 saying the Disk was corrupt, to back up your files and such, good on ya! Try some Canadian troubleshooting - When in doot (doubt) Reboot! If this completes successfully, click Repair Disk Permissions NOTE This may solve your problem. Click the Verify Disk Permissions button.Do this until there are no errors or (like me) you receive a message saying that the disc couldn't be repaired. Click the Repair Disk button that will only appear after you click Verify. Click the Verify Disk button in the Disk Utilities.Select your drive on the left navigation panel (It's probably already selected).After you've selected a language preference, Select the Disk Utility item in the list of utilities.Continue holding the keys until the Recovery Utility prompts you to select a language (Grey Screen) **NOTE:**You may have to hold the keys for up to two minutes. Hold down the Command+R keys as you start the device.

Just in case you pull off the rubber coating, you'll need a case removal tool like you use to replace a cell phone screen.Recommend: A cold beer and a lot of patience.New Hard drive that is compatible with Mac.Mac running OSX Lion or later (prior versions didn't have the recovery partition).I've had little to no success with USB powered devices. Be sure to get one with external power source. SATA/IDE to USB Adapter (Mine was Vantec USB 2.0, but it shouldn't matter.Finally, on startup one day, he saw a progress bar that would complete and then the device would shut down. Initial Symptom: My husband's Mac had been randomly shutting down for some time, but we were limping it along. If your Mac is unable to access that feature, this may not work for you, but I included some other handy stuff, like recovering files from the drive. NOTE: This process only worked because the hard drive was still able to access recovery mode by holding Command+R on startup. Please use Common sense if I did this and look around the screen for something that looks like what I'm talking about. I did most of this from memory, so I may have messed up a label here or there. This is probably overkill on instructions, but there are PC people out there who may try to help out the (much more) rare critical Mac issue. Hopefully I diagnosed a bad hard drive correctly (I'll provide my method) and I hope this helps someone out there.

#Mac new hard drive file format how to

Being a 1 Mac household and an IT professional who has only supported PCs, I had a challenging time trying to figure out how to reload OSX after my husband's Mac hard drive died.