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.
