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western digital 7200 rpm drive

my macbook will not ,see, this drive ,.

I have tried it on another machine and it works . During installation of the o/s it is not seen nor using disk utility is it seen .

The only diffrenece that i can think of and i have not tried is removing the case that holds the removal tag from the old H/D and adding it to the new one ?

The official apple instructions do not mention having to do this nor do western digital??

any other ideas why it isnt being seen . > ps i formatted it using g parted on the other pc > still no joy

macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Jul 12, 2009 3:00 AM

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Posted on Jul 12, 2009 5:24 AM

Yes, that "case" is the EMI shield and it needs to be transfered to the new drive as it acts as a guide for installation. You'll need a Torx T6 screwdriver to remove the 4 screws.

I don't know why it's not in Apple's instructions but it's in just about everyone else's if you search.

-GDF
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western digital 7200 rpm drive

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