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Q: Swaping my hard drive to another MacBook Pro

Hi Folks

I got another MacBook pro of my friend, as he upgraded. he Had sold his hard drive to someone. so it came without a HDD. However this was good for me as I upgraded my other MacBook to 1TB/SSD.

I was then left with my old 500GB Yosemite HDD. The question is do I have to wipe this drive/erase, to mac extended journal, before I can install? I have got backups on my external hard drive of this one as well.

I have done this before with my mac mini, but I cant remember, got a mind like a sieve

Any tips will be very helpful.

Regards

Cap

Posted on Dec 30, 2015 12:46 AM

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So. You have a hard drive that can have the operating system reinstalled on it as long as it is in a hard drive caddy and connected to the computer. And you can even boot to it that way and go to screen. But once you install it , it will not boot. Anything tried with the hard drive installed will not work. The hard drive is setup correctly With the main hard drive set to GUID and the indented  drive set to mac os extended journaled. That makes me think that the internal hard drive cable is faulty.  Could even have a pin on it that is bent or broken.

Posted on Jan 6, 2016 12:39 PM

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  • by my ginger,

    my ginger my ginger Jan 4, 2016 2:46 PM in response to Gedfromgbr
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    Jan 4, 2016 2:46 PM in response to Gedfromgbr

    That is a file transfer error. You cannot drag and drop to get an install. It must be done off an installer . Ether though recovery or a bootable USB drive. If in target disk mode you could not run an install through the other computers recovery You would have to have an install download form the app store in the other computers application folder. Right now that would be El Capitan as Yosemite is not there.

  • by Gedfromgbr,

    Gedfromgbr Gedfromgbr Jan 4, 2016 3:07 PM in response to my ginger
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    Jan 4, 2016 3:07 PM in response to my ginger

    yes and that wouldn't work, as its not letting me do anything? there is one more thing I want to try, I will get back to you later. I think I might need a cable.

     

    Thanks for your help by the way.

     

    Keep you updated

     

    Thanks

     

    Cap

  • by Gedfromgbr,

    Gedfromgbr Gedfromgbr Jan 4, 2016 4:35 PM in response to my ginger
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    Jan 4, 2016 4:35 PM in response to my ginger

    Hey man

     

    I got a replacement cable for 10 bucks.

     

    if it isn't that, then i can always keep it anyway for spares.

     

    It must be though, i was reading a few things and seemingly this model was notorious for this cable problem. I can't think of anything else, it works fine every other way.

     

    Keep you posted

     

    Cheers

  • by Gedfromgbr,

    Gedfromgbr Gedfromgbr Jan 6, 2016 12:38 PM in response to my ginger
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    Jan 6, 2016 12:38 PM in response to my ginger


    Hey man

     

    Got it working now It was the HDD cable. Whoo thank goodness for that eh, That was a total troubleshoot we did there mate. Glad that's over.

     

    Thanks again for your help, and hanging in there.

     

    All the best bro

     

    Cap

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