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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >>> 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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> 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 [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> 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 [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
