![]() The default fix for catalog repair is to reformat the drive. Passthehatchet, did you launch Disk Utility when you had the computer connected in target mode? My concern is that the drive may simply have catalog damage which is preventing the drive from mounting (and so preventing the installed OS from booting the computer). It's just failing to self-mount when booted in target drive mode. I'm not convinced that the internal hard drive is dead, or even close to death. As you can see it auto tunes to the correct I/O speed Seagate 2.5" SSHD spec sheet. There are some HD's that can be fixed at this lower I/O speed and a few drives that can auto tune them selves to the correct speed.įrankly, I would recommend going with a SSHD unit (hybrid HD) here you gain the performance of a deep cache of the SSD yet the size options of HD's. Follow this Apple TN on how to check and the needed firmware updates: EFI and SMC firmware updates for Intel-based Macs.Īs to what HD to install you'll need to find one that will run at SATA I (1.5 Gb/s) as anything newer will not work reliably. I would recommend you first setup a USB drive (or FireWire HD) as you should check the firmware levels and if needed upgrade. You'll need to get a new HD for the system and you'll need to locate an older version of OS-X to install onto it. ![]() ![]() You proved this when you tried accessing the drive in target mode from your system. That can explain why your attempts to access your systems disk or USB drive failed.Īs to the root issue here, your friends HD has died. You'll need OS-X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" or older. First this system can't run the newer OS-X versions. ![]()
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