Hello
My original HDD wont detect so got myself a crucial SSD. Would need some help in getting started beyond the physical installation of the SSD, i.e. formatting, installing OSX etc.
Thanks
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), iOS 9.2.1
After you have installed use Disk Utility to partition tt with the GUID table and format it to MACOS extended (journaled). Then it will be ready to use.
Do you have a backup disk? If it is bootable clone, just boot from the clone and use it to format your SSD and restore the backup to the SSD.
If you do not have OS X at the moment (via a clone), you will want to do a Network Recovery
<http://osxdaily.com/2014/12/14/reinstall-os-x-mac-internet-recovery/>
boot holding Command-Option-R to start network recovery.
Once you have the recovery software running, you can start Disk Utility and partition/format your disk as a GUID partition map with a Mac OS Extended Journaled file system.
if you have a Time Machine backup, you may be able to restore it from the internet recovery.
If you have another kind of backup, you may need to use Internet Recovery to install the original OS X that came with your Mac, and then you can boot into your Mac and use Applications -> Utilities -> Migration assistant to restore your personal stuff from the backup disk, or use the utility that created the backup to restore your files.
If you have another Mac, you could put the SSD in an external enclosure and format it, then if you have a backup, restore it using the other Mac. At the minimum, you could install a clean version of OS X either via a saved copy of the desired OS X installer, or via the App Store using whatever version of OS X you have in your Purchases tab, or install El Capitan.
Thanks Csound1.
Tried your steps and the following happened;
1. Managed to successfully format // Partition took 2 attempts as it failed the first time saying"file format failed" // next tried to install OSX from internet and the process started. Had to leave it on for the night and in the morning when I check I see the same "question mark folder" screen.
Used Command+R and disk utilities and the drive wouldn't show. Same as was the case with the roiginal HDD prior to my attempting to replace with this new SSD.
Googling the issue indicates maybe it is the HDD connector cable. Not sure at this stage what to believe in.
Any ideas please?
Thanks.
The internal cable is very likely, change it.
Replacing damaged HDD with unformatted SSD Macbook Pro mid 2012
