Q: installing Solid State Hard Drive
Hi
As the title suggests, i'm trying to install a Samsung SSD 850 EVO to replace the factory standard HD, however I'm encountering problems which i'm hoping someone can help me with?
I've tried to follow a video on You Tube which gives directions on what to do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBgjnIv0a7w
All I'm trying to do is a fresh new install of my Macbook Pro, not put it back to how it was before (I've saved everything i need onto my external HD). I've tried switching the two HD's using the guide in video, however when I switch on my laptop to use it, instead of getting the apple symbol in the centre of the screen, a flashing file icon with a question mark in it is appearing instead. It's as if the laptop doesn't recognise the hard drive??
i've read about people creating 'bootable flash drives'. I'll be honest, I'm not entirely sure what that is, i just thought that was if you wanted to transfer any saved data onto the new HD, which i'm not looking to do at this stage? i just thought this process would be as straight forward as switching the 2 hard drives and voila!! (excuse my ignorance if there more to it than this, however from watching the above video, I really did think this would be very straight forward).
I received an installation disk with my new hard drive, do I need to use this at all?
If anyone can give me some advice or a beginner step by step guide on what I should be doing, it would really be appreciated!
Many thanks for reading
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
Posted on Jan 6, 2016 6:42 AM