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No drives in "Select A Destination" screen

I'm attempting to install Leopard on a MackBook Pro.

I restarted the machine to begin installation and once I get to the "Select A Destination" screen where I would select the machines hard drive, I just see nothing. There isn't a single drive in the area for me to even think about selection. It's just blank.

I'm planning on doing an Erase & Install, but I just can't pick any drive to even start that.

Any ideas?

2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.10), 3GB RAM

Posted on Oct 26, 2007 1:36 PM

31 replies

Oct 29, 2007 9:38 PM in response to Josh Pigford

I had the same problem on a MacBook Pro. I looked in Disk Utility too but there was nothing listed. I exited the Installer but the drive wasn't even listed in Startup Disk. Yikes.

So I just quit, kicked out the drive on restart and tried it all again. There was the drive the second time.

DaviD m.

Oct 31, 2007 1:22 AM in response to jsmakr

In my case the internal drive on my MBP hadn't appeared after about 30 mins, but if I put my ear on it I could hear the drive chattering, so I left it and went to bed.

The drive was visible this morning. Don't know how long it took, but it was more than half an hour.

Of course, this morning I have to go to work and will need to try again tonight... 😟

Nov 18, 2007 4:17 AM in response to Josh Pigford

hey guys.. i have a g4 emac and haveing the same problem i figured that i had to format the drive using JOURNAL... did that and installation stops at disc 9.... just says try again, which i have twice and then i reboot it asks for install disk 2 again... im going around in circles can anybody help? the os x instyall cd's are brand new and have no scratches !

ixokai

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Oct 26, 2007 2:06 PM in response to Josh Pigford

I have the same problem exactly; no drives, so can't select options-- stuck.

zorel

Level 1

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Oct 26, 2007 2:12 PM in response to Josh Pigford

Same problem here.

fdisk sees the partition, but install do not want to give me the drive.

I do not want to erase & install, I've got bootcamp and a huge windows partition.

zorel

Level 1

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Oct 26, 2007 2:18 PM in response to Josh Pigford

Will try right know... See you in one hour.... or 16 minutes 😉

Thx

j-bird

Level 1

25 points

Oct 26, 2007 2:24 PM in response to j-bird

It worked. Just waited it out as I was writing the previous post. Probably waited 5 or 7 minutes..... If I have more problems I will post, but it looks like now I am on my way.....

Oct 26, 2007 9:37 PM in response to Josh Pigford

I'm having the same issue. I'm also using a case-sensitive file system. Could this be the problem?

Oct 26, 2007 10:58 PM in response to Michael McLennan

That seems to be the consensus. Too bad i have to wait for my backup to restore before trying this. 100 gb takes hours to restore over firewire.

Oct 27, 2007 11:54 AM in response to Michael McLennan

Just waiting worked on my husband's MBP. 17 minutes.

Y. Knot

Level 1

8 points

Oct 28, 2007 9:59 AM in response to Marco Frissen

thanks! had tried it all but this actually worked!

ckom

Level 1

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Oct 28, 2007 12:45 PM in response to Josh Pigford

I had the same problem. While I was searching for a solution, my drive popped up. I hope the install goes well... it's installing right now.

Oct 29, 2007 9:08 AM in response to Zev Green

I fixed the problem by going to the boot disk prompt. The disk magically appeared as a result of that.

jsmakr

Level 1

4 points

Oct 30, 2007 2:52 PM in response to Josh Pigford

It is really not that complicated at all: http://www.loveforbiz.com/leopard-hard-drive-install-bug

Ankur

Level 1

5 points

Nov 5, 2007 3:50 AM in response to Daniel Peebles

perfectly explained. if you notice the process that he suggests you kill has been running for a longer time than any of the other processes. just kill the one that has the greatest time value.

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