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If disk utility cannot identify any hard drive

if disk utility can't identify the hard drive(i changed three different),then what?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6)

Posted on Feb 10, 2013 12:31 PM

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Mar 24, 2013 12:16 PM in response to smurphy820

It could be a hardware failure. If Disk Utility can't see the drive, usually the directory is so badly damaged that it doesn't show up, or it could be hardware. I usually turn to a 3rd party utility called Disk Warrior. Its saved me a bunch of times. I have seen it bring drives back to life that I was pretty sure were gone. http://www.alsoft.com


Can you verify that the drive is running? Can you hear it spin up?


Its not clear to me if you are saying that you tried 3 different hard drives, is that correct? Internal or external?

If disk utility cannot identify any hard drive

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