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Q: Battery replacement causes HD to disappear?

Re:  MBA 11, 2012

 

After installing a third party battery I get the old ? Folder" when trying to start!  So the games began... .

 

I got to Disk Utility through online recovery only to find that my former HD is not showing.  I mean it's gone, nada!

 

I put the original battery back in (after same results when resetting the SMC) and got the same problem.

 

Is it possible I somehow killed the HD (an upgraded OWC flash disk and good memory); or is there a way to see if it's hiding

in the bushes somewhere beyond my aging purview:~&?  

 

I was about to update aging batteries in a couple of other MBA's (13") and an MBP (13") that the wife and I use. However,

before I have them all under water this Mac old timer (hobbyist+) sure would appreciate some guru direction. (I'm okay with technical diy,

excepting coding.)

 

Thanks kindly in advance.

Posted on May 23, 2015 4:47 PM