Need help installing Samsung 830 SSD on MacBook Pro 13"

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Need help installing Samsung 830 SSD on MacBook Pro 13"

Hello everyone, my MacBook Pro recently crashed a couple weeks ago and I tried to get it working but no luck! So I figured it was the perfect time to make an investment in SSD and check out how it is.

So I bought a Samsung 830 SSSD 128gb. I installed the hard drive and inserted the Mac OS X disc and booted up my MBP. Once I went through the installation, it asked me where I would like to install the OS on but my SSD didn't appear. Can someone please help me? I am not too savvy with computers.

As of now, I only have access to my PC so someone please help me :( Thanks in advance! :)

-David

MacBook Pro

Posted on Aug 3, 2012 6:51 PM

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idavidnguyen Author

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Aug 4, 2012 1:33 AM in response to idavidnguyen

Can someone please help me? I really need to access my business files. Thank you.

-David

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Aug 4, 2012 1:37 AM in response to idavidnguyen

Have you formatted the drive yet? When you boot from your installation disc, you need to format your SSD. Just choose a single GUID partition and format as "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)". Then you should be ready to install a working system on it.

Good luck - call back if you've already formatted the SSD and it's not working.

Clinton

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Aug 4, 2012 1:40 AM in response to clintonfrombirmingham

How do I format the disc? Can you please elaborate on that? I don't have another Mac to format my SSD.

Also when I boot up the MBP, do I need to hold down any keys? Thanks for the reply, Clinton.

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Aug 4, 2012 1:48 AM in response to idavidnguyen

OK, you have an original installation disc (usually a gray disc that came with your Mac)?

Boot from the Install disc. You should have the option of either selecting Disk Utility from the main menu or from a "Utilities" menu at the top.

Open Disk Utility.

You should see a disk with a strange name. Select it and choose "Erase" with the Format as "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" and a Name such as "Macintosh HD" (or whatever you'd like to name it. Just select erase - no need for a secure erase or anything.

Once you've formatted the SSD you should be able to quit Disk Utility and continue installing the system on the newly formatted drive.

Give it a shot - call back with any problems as I'll be up all night...

Clinton

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Nov 21, 2013 4:38 PM in response to clintonfrombirmingham

Clinton,

I have the same problem. I went through the process you outlined above but I get an error message that states: Disk Erase failed with error: POSIX reports: The operation couldn't be completed. Cannot allocate memory.

Any suggestions?

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