WD Scorpio Black 750 GB works in my 08 Macbook but not my 09 Macbook Pro?, WD Scorpio Black 750 GB works in my 08 Macbook but not my 09 Macbook Pro?

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WD Scorpio Black 750 GB works in my 08 Macbook but not my 09 Macbook Pro?, WD Scorpio Black 750 GB works in my 08 Macbook but not my 09 Macbook Pro?

Anyone know why the drive mentioned works fine but a little loud in my Macbook aluminum 13" but when I put in my Macbook Pro 15" I boot to the Apple logo and the spinning wheel spins for 10-15 minutes or more before I give up. I have re and re'd them twice with the same result. The 250 GB Hitachi drive that was in the MBP works in either one, it has snow leopard and the 750 has Lion on it, but I don't think that should matter?

I tried resseting the Pram and couldn't think of any thing else to do.

Thanks

R.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 3.06Ghz,4Gb,mid 2009,500GB/HD

Posted on May 14, 2012 7:23 PM

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Answer 1

tjk

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May 14, 2012 7:35 PM in response to Rollieo

Hi R,

I have a strong suspicion it has nothing to do with the HDs, and everything to do with the OS installed. I don't know why SL would work on both and Lion on just one, but I suspect that's what's going on.

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Answer 2

May 14, 2012 7:41 PM in response to tjk

I don't think that should matter?

It depends on where the software came from.

If you had Snow Leopard installed and upgraded to Lion, the claim Apple makes is that you will then have a "Everybody" Lion, good for any Mac that can run Lion.

If you have a Mac that shipped with Lion, you have a "Custom" Lion, good only for that model of computers.

Does that help at all?

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Rollieo Author

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May 14, 2012 9:37 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Thanks it probably has something to do with that, if I revert back to Snow Leopard on the 750 and retry I will post the results.

Cheers

R.

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