Last week I installed a hard drive in my computer. The computer is old (mac pro 1.1), the os is old (10.6.8) and the hard drive is old (wd caviar green 1tb), but they are compatible. After installing my computer showed the message: "The disk you inserted is not readable by this computer." What can I do to fix this?
Mac Pro
Hi Mr. Patience,
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities. It sounds like you're having an issue with a newly installed hard drive. We're happy to provide some information to assist.
We'd recommend testing resetting the NVRAM and SMC.
Reset NVRAM or PRAM on your Mac
How to reset the SMC of your Mac
You can also try running First Aid to assist.
How to repair a Mac disk with Disk Utility
The steps here may also help. If a disk in a disk set fails or is missing
If the issue remains, you can also reach out to Apple Support directly.
Cheers.
Thanks for the help but it turned out my problem was I hadn't formatted the hard drive.
Hi Mr. Patience,
Happy to hear you were able to solve the issue. If there's anything you need the in future, be sure to start a new post to Apple Support Communities.
Take care.
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