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a title. You can not post a blank message. Please type your message and try again. Bernardofromtx Level 1 (0 points) Q: Installing new HD says "Partition Failed Input/Output input output error mac disk utility Error". Hi, I'm trying to replace the hd that crashed in
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my macbook(it was 120 GB). I got a 250 GB SATA WD Scorpio Blue. When I enter Disk Utility, it shows like 1.8 TB WDC ... when I try to make a partition and name the disk it says Partition Failed Input/Output Error. The information shown when I select the disk is Disk Description: WDC WD2500BPVT-00JJSTO MEDIAConnection Bus: Serial ATA 2Connection Type: InternalTotal Capacity: 1.8 TB (2,000,474,800,128 bytes) Write status: Read/writeS.M.A.R.T. status: VerifiedPartition Scheme: UnformattedPlease help me. Thanks,Jose MacBook Posted on Jun 2, 2012 3:00 PM I have this question too by Kappy,Solvedanswer Kappy Level 10 (271,860 points) Desktops A: The installer disc will have the version of OS X it installs on the label of the DVD. Exactly what computer model do you have? Do you know what OS X version was installed on your old drive.You've provided no information helpful to getting your problem resolved. If you have using a MacBook, then it is an Intel model. It came with a special version of Tiger. But failing to recognize the drive correctly means a number of things. Importantly, it means the drive is jumpered or configured to work on a newer model than yours. The drive must be reconfigured to work in your computer. This may or may not be possible with a WD Blue drive.You can only upgrade the OS by purchasing a newer DVD - Leopard, Snow Leopard, or Lion. And, your computer must meet the system requirements of each:Leopard System requirementsYou must have a Macintosh computer with: an Intel processor or a PowerPC G4 (867 MHz or faster) or G5 processor a DVD drive >b
If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Welcome to Mac-Forums! Join us to comment and to customize your site experience! Members have access to different forum appearance options, and many more functions. Results 1 to 7 of 7 Thread: input output error Tweet Thread Tools Show Printable Version Subscribe to this Thread… 10-02-2012,05:44 PM #1 John D. Lee View Profile View Forum Posts Member Since Oct 02, 2012 Posts 3 input output error Hello All, https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3998464?start=0&tstart=0 Got a 500GB 2.5" HD trying to get my old Macbook to find it. Its a late 2009 model Macbook running 10.5.8 (thats what version disk utility is). Tried going to disk utility on CD boot: 1. language 2. disk utility 3. partition 1, GUID 4. then quit disk utility and continue....but no drive appears to select installation destination......please help and thanks in advance! John Reply With Quote 10-03-2012,03:04 PM #2 techiesteve View Profile View Forum http://www.mac-forums.com/showthread.php?t=285954 Posts Member Since Apr 24, 2009 Location UK Posts 746 Specs:MacBook Pro 15" 2.8 GHz Once you are in Disk Utility you should see the new hard drive in the top left corner, does it not show there? Was the 500GB hard drive new? What was the reason for fitting the 500GB drive, replacing a failed hard drive or an upgrade? Were you careful with the drive flex cable, avoiding pulling it against where it's held by 2 small screws? Knowing the answers to the above may help determine how to resolve your problem. Steve UK Reply With Quote 10-03-2012,03:22 PM #3 John D. Lee View Profile View Forum Posts Member Since Oct 02, 2012 Posts 3 Yes, I can see the drive in disk utility in the left corner. The drive is a new one and the reason for was replacement as well as upgrade. Not sure about the last question. I basically can get to the area in disc utility to partition (format) the HD, I choose to partition 1, hit partition and it says partition failed: input/output error. Really becoming a pain. Any other tips would be great though! thanks techiesteve! Reply With Quote 10-05-2012,03:47 PM #4 techiesteve View Profile View Forum Posts Member Since Apr 24, 2009 Location UK Posts 746 Specs:MacBook Pro 15" 2.8 GHz John, had you tried Disk Ut
2011 by Mr T For once I can give something BACK to the Internet community. For many years if I've had a tech problem that I've been unable to solve I've turned http://mr.tilyard.info/macbook-hard-drive-upgrade-easy/ to the ‘net (generally the mighty Google) to find a solution. Recently my MacBook hard disk drive (HDD if ya wanna speak tech) decided to depart this mortal coil - I'm convinced hard drives know https://www.macissues.com/2014/04/05/how-to-fix-deep-formatting-problems-with-os-x-drives/ the perfect time to die and cause maximum inconvenience. Yes my backup was weeks ago and yes the night before I'd spent 4 hours designing flyers, tickets and promo info for an upcoming 80's night input output (where I'll be DJing). So on the very day that I'm scheduled to present the produced materials to the planning team the hard drive decides to crash - with the click of a drive head my MacBook switched from a graphic editing, media playing, soft synth hosting powerhouse to a doorstop… So next stop is to get a new hard drive. I ordered one in (from the friendly and efficient IT input output error & comms providers, HJS Essentia) and then waited. Eventually after what seemed like an age (ok two days) the new drive is in my hands. Using the very useful instructions from Apple on how to install a new hard disk drive in a MacBook I managed to swap the drives over. THAT, I thought was the hard bit dealt with - how wrong could I be?! I started the MacBook with the Mac OS X Install Disk 1 (version 10.4.9 to be precise) which was the disk that came with my Mac when I purchased it. My new drive was a WD Scorpio Blue 250Gb (how Western Digital know what star sign and favourite colour a hard drive has I've no idea). Anyway, off it goes and then cheerfully informs me I have a 1.8Tb hard drive (cool! I thought - perhaps Western Digital badged it wrong!) <- that was a joke BTW. No, something was wrong and it wouldn't partition it either, throwing back an input/output error when trying to create a partition. So I did the usual Google searches "wd scorpio 250gb seen as 1.8tb in macbook", "250gb hard disk shown as 1.8tb in macbook" and all I got was rather unhelpful and misleading pages especially from "Exp
with OS X drives 97 Replies Even though formatting advances like Journaling in Apple's filesystem formats help prevent data corruption, problems can still happen that result in a drive not only being unreadable, but also unable to be reformatted. If this happens, the drive may show up in the Finder sidebar but not show data when clicked, or it may just not show up but be present in Disk Utility; however, if you try to mount it you get a "resource busy" error. Another possible symptom is if you get this error or one claiming the drive cannot be unmounted, when trying to format the drive or running a fix routine on it with Disk Utility. These errors and behaviors might indicate to you that your drive is malfunctioning and you need a new one; however, before you give up on a $100+ drive, ensure the problem is not simply a very low-level formatting snag that causes the drive to hang when accessed. This is especially true if you do not hear any tell-tale signs of physical failure, such as repeated click, tap, and whirr sounds coming from the drive at regular intervals. Assuming the drive is just experiencing major low-level corruption, the problem you face now is how to format a drive that apparently cannot be formatted on your Mac? One option is to use another operating system like Windows in Boot Camp, in a Virtual Machine, or on a dedicated PC to manage the drive and attempt to repartition it; however, this may not be feasible in some situations. Another option that should work in most cases is to use the Terminal to interact with special device files to force an overwrite of the device file representing the drive. OS X Device files The /dev folder has a number of different device files that are assigned to system components and peripherals, allowing programs to interact with them using system calls. These devices include disks, consoles, terminals, and standard input and ou