Recent content by lucrabbit

if I put my new HD in the internal bay, boot from DVD, Disk Utility will not allow me to format the HD, saying the "couldn't unmount the disk". If I neglect this information and proceed with the installation, it failed. That's why I could only install the SL in an external enclosure. Didn't...

Yes, I actually tried to use the machine specific DVD(leopard) to install the new HD in the internal bay. It failed the same way as the SL installation (installation halted when it came to the "30 minutes left").... yeah, I was using a SL retail DVD version (the $9.99 one since I brought my...

Thanks. If the HD cable is the cause, how can I mention this to the Apple guy? The cable works perfectly fine with the original Apple HD. I got my MBP in early August (phone support is going to expire soon) and it's definitely within the 1-Yr warranty. Any advice? Thanks again!

Just add one more test result: The 7K320 can boot Snow Leopard from an external enclosure, and everything works fine in the newly installed SL. But it just refuse to work in the internal bay... ... Any thoughts here?

The installation drove me nuts these days, tried numerous times but still couldn't figure out what went wrong. BTW I am new to Mac Configuration: MC118LL 09 June Unibody 15" Internal HD Fujistu 250G Want to replace the internal one with a Hitachi 320G 7200rpm HD (7K320) or 320G 5400 rpm (5K320)...