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Mac book pro HDD died
« on: May 29, 2016, 04:33:33 AM »
hey folk i have mac book pro (from 2009 i think) the HDD died completly so i have replaced it with a new 500gb hdd but i cannot get it to boot from used ive followed tutorials to say to make a boot usb on windows using trancmac. but alas it will not dectect the usb or dvd


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Re: Mac book pro HDD died
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2016, 10:04:29 AM »
Please give the model # of  the Mac Book.


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Re: Mac book pro HDD died
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2016, 10:18:46 AM »
there is no way i can tell you the model it has no serial or model so Ive looked at the bottom its from 2009. its all white if that helps how can i find what model it is ?


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Re: Mac book pro HDD died
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2016, 10:50:04 AM »
Maybe it is this one.
https://support.apple.com/kb/SP579?locale=en_US

First thing  to do is check the battery. Likely the battery is dead and the system may  not run good without the battery.



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Re: Mac book pro HDD died
« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2016, 11:06:00 AM »
 i get a white screen as Ive swapped the hdd to a blank one as the orginal one died  and i cant get it to boot of usb or dvd but the battery is fine i can run it with out he charger in, ? it has 4gb of ram an dual core and was on Yosemite ? if that also helps


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Re: Mac book pro HDD died
« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2016, 03:09:13 PM »
On a laptop  battery failure is a common cause of anything.
How did you test the battery?
Did you try direct substitution? 

I never  personally replaced a Hard Drive in a Mac Book
Here is what is found on the Apple site.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5171107?tstart=0
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If you have a 2009 model then you must of gotten the original system DVD discs that shipped with every Mac made before Lion came out. If you no longer have them you can order a replacement set from Apple for a small charge. There is no other way to reinstall OS X on your model Mac without them. Then you would need to upgrade to Snow Leopard !0.6.6 or above to get access to the Mac App store to reinstall Mountain Lion. That is unless you have a Time Machine backup made when Mountain Lion was installed. If you do have a TM backup you can boot the system from the Recovery HD system on the TM backup drive and then restore that TM backup to your new HDD.
So, if that is true, you can not boot it from a USB, You must have the DVD.
That is the best I can do for you. :)

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Re: Mac book pro HDD died
« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2016, 04:22:02 PM »
You get a white screen after replacing the hard drive?  As in, no Apple logo or any sort of message at all when you turn it on?  If so I'd check on the cable connecting the screen to the logic board in case you have knocked this loose when changing the hard drive.  What about using an external monitor?  Even without an OS you should still get something on the screen.

What are you doing to get it to boot the DVD?  On a Mac you need to hold down the option key and turn it on while continuing to hold it down, this will get you into the boot device selection screen - It won't automatically try to boot a DVD just because it is in the drive like PCs often do.

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Re: Mac book pro HDD died
« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2016, 10:54:50 PM »
How would I test the battery? I've assumed its working as I holds charge and runs without neededing to be plugged in .I don't have the recovery disk that's why I was trying a USB boot if I hold option I can bring up the curser as if I was selecting a boot source but nothing shows up and the laptop does not have an external display port I've also tried booting from a Ubuntu DVD and holding C to boot from DVD that does not work


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Re: Mac book pro HDD died
« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2016, 10:07:36 AM »
i have managed to get get a grey flashing folder on screen to say no folders or os(i had formatted the HDD to the wrong fromat, ive now used gparted to format it as HFS+). some progress