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Hi, just upgraded my macbook pro 2012 to SSD. However i cant seem to install catalina. I am using a bootable installer that i made with previous hard drive.
The installer has been stuck on this page for forever. I have tried keeping it overnight however no luck.
i tried the internet recovery way and as i finished the installation it restarts and shows flashing folder with question mark.
please helpp!!
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15
nabin64 wrote:
Hi, just upgraded my macbook pro 2012 to SSD. However i cant seem to install catalina. I am using a bootable installer that i made with previous hard drive.
The installer has been stuck on this page for forever. I have tried keeping it overnight however no luck.
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/d1b78344-a525-47fc-a3fd-e6f31229f35c
i tried the internet recovery way and as i finished the installation it restarts and shows flashing folder with question mark.
please helpp!!
—Have you formatted the new SSD ? All new drives need formatting. (this can be done from the bootable installer >DiskUtility.app)
—Did you replace the SATA cable at the same time— a known point of failure.
You can force quit if necessity holding the power button for ~6-10 sec.
Reboot holding the Option Key and select your macOS to boot, if you had a functional macOS already installed.
Try again.
If you still have an issue run the Disk First Aid on your Macintosh HD from Recovery
Boot into Recovery (Command R) and from the dropdown menu: Utilities> Disk Utility> run the First Aid on your Macintosh HD. If errors are found and repaired, run again until no errors reported.
Recovery: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904
reboot as normal.
As a side note— I would encourage you not rename the Macintosh HD default name to keep the confusion down.
There is no advantage here.
About the read-only system volume in macOS Catalina - Apple ...
nabin64 wrote:
Hi, just upgraded my macbook pro 2012 to SSD. However i cant seem to install catalina. I am using a bootable installer that i made with previous hard drive.
The installer has been stuck on this page for forever. I have tried keeping it overnight however no luck.
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/d1b78344-a525-47fc-a3fd-e6f31229f35c
i tried the internet recovery way and as i finished the installation it restarts and shows flashing folder with question mark.
please helpp!!
—Have you formatted the new SSD ? All new drives need formatting. (this can be done from the bootable installer >DiskUtility.app)
—Did you replace the SATA cable at the same time— a known point of failure.
You can force quit if necessity holding the power button for ~6-10 sec.
Reboot holding the Option Key and select your macOS to boot, if you had a functional macOS already installed.
Try again.
If you still have an issue run the Disk First Aid on your Macintosh HD from Recovery
Boot into Recovery (Command R) and from the dropdown menu: Utilities> Disk Utility> run the First Aid on your Macintosh HD. If errors are found and repaired, run again until no errors reported.
Recovery: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904
reboot as normal.
As a side note— I would encourage you not rename the Macintosh HD default name to keep the confusion down.
There is no advantage here.
About the read-only system volume in macOS Catalina - Apple ...
Hello nabin64,
It looks like no one has responded to your question. Here are a couple things that might help others answer your question:
Best Regards.
leroydouglas wrote:
—Did you replace the SATA cable at the same time— a known point of failure.
nabin64 wrote:
Solved it by replacing the sata cable. Thanks for the help
Good computing nabin64 —glad to hear this solved your problem !
Solved it by replacing the sata cable. Thanks for the help
Catalina installation stuck
