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Can't find Internal disk in diskutil list

Hello,


I wanted to install a clean install of Mac Os on a Macbook pro 13 retina 2015 and while erasing the disk I inadvertently erased the disk completely.


When I look in recovery mode in the terminal and type Diskutil List I don't see the SSD there (more on photo)


Thinking I had damaged the drive completely I bought a new SSD, but that didn't solve the problem. So I assume the drive is fine, just the system can't see it/can't mount it


Please, do you have any advice on how to bring the internal drive back to life?


Many Thanks.


Romain

MacBook Pro Retina

Posted on Apr 10, 2022 5:14 AM

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Posted on Apr 10, 2022 9:27 AM

No, I didn't format the drive because it doesn't show up in DiskUtility.app and I don't see the "Show All Devices" option anywhere.

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Apr 10, 2022 7:23 AM in response to Romain_F

Romain_F wrote:

Hello,

I wanted to install a clean install of Mac Os on a Macbook pro 13 retina 2015 and while erasing the disk I inadvertently erased the disk completely.

When I look in recovery mode in the terminal and type Diskutil List I don't see the SSD there (more on photo)
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/af1a0d65-8b13-4c74-a844-ad7734aa2d11

Thinking I had damaged the drive completely I bought a new SSD, but that didn't solve the problem. So I assume the drive is fine, just the system can't see it/can't mount it

Please, do you have any advice on how to bring the internal drive back to life?

Many Thanks.

Romain



Did you format the Drive(?)— all new drives need to be erased/formatted/initialized...


This is your local Recovery:



From Recovery you can get to DiskUtility.App>Show All Devices> the Parent drive is the top most


File>mount/force mount


About macOS Recovery on Intel-based Mac computers - Apple Support


see: Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac

Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support




Can't find Internal disk in diskutil list

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