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Mac Clicking But Won't Start. Help!

This Can't Be Good :(

Hmm...This doesn't seem to be working. I installed the Seagate Drive then I started running the Install Disk-1 for the MAC PRO and a window popped up asking me, "Select a destination volume to install the MAC OSX software" and there are no choices! I thought the new Hard Drive would just appear. If I go into Disk Utility it shows the disk at the top of the list to the left. Also S.M.A.R.T Status: Verified and Partition Scheme: Unformatted...whatever that means. I hope I didn't order the wrong one by accident or something! :eek:
 
And...

And while we're at it, I purchased a Seagate Barracuda 1 TB HDD...so why does my MAC say, "Total Capacity: 7.3 TB" That can't be right ether. :confused:
 
TheEasterBunny said:
WOW. Very nice home, I had my wife come look.
Have you always lived in Japan?
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No. I'm Native American (Indian) and have only been living in Japan for the past 26 or so years.

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Doctor-Obble said:
And while we're at it, I purchased a Seagate Barracuda 1 TB HDD...so why does my MAC say, "Total Capacity: 7.3 TB" That can't be right ether. :confused:
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Weird! Did you format the drive 1st? Ya gotta format it ya know. After that what does it say? and if still odd have a look in the info presented in the About The Mac window.
 
Tesselator said:
Ya gotta format it ya know.
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Tesselator: I asked before about formatting it but someone indicted to me that this wasn’t necessary. I no longer see their comment about this. Anyway I didn’t format anything. All the info I found on-line was about how to format additional drives but not a primary hard drive. I suppose there isn’t a “Format Hard Drive” button right? That would be too easy, LOL
 
Oh wait...I may have figured it out!

OK...I see I have to go into Disk Utilities, Select the new drive and then Erase it! But that didn't work. Volume Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Security Options: "Don't Erase Data" Name: "Hard Drive" The I click "Erase" and I get this message, "Disk erase failed with the error 'INPUT/OUTPUT ERROR' "

Now what!??

Oh wait...on like my 5th attempt it seems to be working. I have NO idea what I'm doing, LOL Oh lord...this is getting messy! I'm a fool performing brain surgery!
 
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Doctor-Obble said:
Oh wait...I may have figured it out!

OK...I see I have to go into Disk Utilities, Select the new drive and
Oh wait...on like my 5th attempt it seems to be working. I have NO idea what I'm doing, LOL Oh lord...this is getting messy! I'm a fool performing brain surgery!
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Before installing the OS, you launch Disk Utility and choose the 'Partition' tab. Then choose '1 Partition' from the Volume Scheme drop-down menu. Then name the partition and make sure the format is Mac OS Extended (Journaled)---might already be by default. Select the 'Options...' button near the bottom and choose GUID Partition Table (also likely the default choice). The click Apply.
Your disk will then be formatted and ready for installation. It should appear as a choice in the installer.
 
Doctor-Obble said:
Oh wait...I may have figured it out!

OK...I see I have to go into Disk Utilities, Select the new drive and then Erase it! But that didn't work. Volume Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Security Options: "Don't Erase Data" Name: "Hard Drive" The I click "Erase" and I get this message, "Disk erase failed with the error 'INPUT/OUTPUT ERROR' "

Now what!??

Oh wait...on like my 5th attempt it seems to be working. I have NO idea what I'm doing, LOL Oh lord...this is getting messy! I'm a fool performing brain surgery!
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Naw... it's really easy stuff. There's not a lot you can do wrong. But like Studio K is saying make sure you're NOT booting from the drive you're trying to format. I say this because I'm not sure how far you got in that past. About the only thing you can do bad to a hard drive is drop it. Err, and with MacPro you can't remove or insert the drives when the power is on.

If that's all kosher and it didn't work on first attempt I would right now: shut down your mac, remove the drive, inspect the connections for dirt, clean if necessary, and then put the drive back in - snuggly. And finally restart the process of formatting and installing the OS.

It really should work the first time and if it didn't something is wrong.
 
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Well, I tried what Studio K suggested and I get a window reporting, "Partition Failed with the error 'INPUT/OUTPUT ERROR' " I'll make sure the drive is installed correctly again! After that I'll have to toss in the towel I guess! Toss the towel in the Apple? hmm...
 
Might some images of what I'm dealing with be helpful?

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Thought

Could there be a problem with the bay I have it in? It's in Drive Bay 1 but maybe it's faulty? Should I try Drive Bay 2 instead?
 
Doctor-Obble said:
Might some images of what I'm dealing with be helpful?

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Yeah, that's not right. You shouldn't even be able to enter 7+ TB in that window.

I'd return the drive for a replacement if you've tried everything already suggested. Like erasing it first... it's still not formatted in that image.

Hey, on the bright side you might be able to return it as a 7TB drive and make a little profit. :D

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Doctor-Obble said:
Could there be a problem with the bay I have it in? It's in Drive Bay 1 but maybe it's faulty? Should I try Drive Bay 2 instead?
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Yes!
 
Trying it now.

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Nope. Same problem. Input/Output Error.

I'm done! Getting a cup of coffee. A LARGE cup of coffee.

Thanks. :mad: :( :apple:
 
sash: Yep! I tried the new drive in a different Drive Bay! Maybe the Bays are bad. Maybe the computer is fried! I've been called unusual...even my problems are unusual I guess! I wonder if that drive will work on our old DELL? Looks like there’s no saving the MAC. I can’t imagine they sent me a bad drive. I would think that would be immensely improbable.
 
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Apparently I'm not the only one who has had this input/output problem . . .but I still don't see a solution. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/796487/

On another forum I found this,

"Solution: go to a Windows machine (I used an old Dell, but Boot Camp or virtualisation might work??) and download the free trial of MacDrive8 (MediaFour - google it)

It recognised the drive and easily erased to HFS+ and then I repartitioned to the volumes I needed (using USB). I then hooked back into FireWire on the Mac and there was no problem - it was all there."

Does that make sense to anyone here? This comment was fom 2009. I really don't understand it.
 
Doctor-Obble said:
Apparently I'm not the only one who has had this input/output problem . . .but I still don't see a solution. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/796487/

On another forum I found this,

"Solution: go to a Windows machine (I used an old Dell, but Boot Camp or virtualisation might work??) and download the free trial of MacDrive8 (MediaFour - google it)

It recognised the drive and easily erased to HFS+ and then I repartitioned to the volumes I needed (using USB). I then hooked back into FireWire on the Mac and there was no problem - it was all there."

Does that make sense to anyone here? This comment was fom 2009. I really don't understand it.
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Yeah, that makes sense. It may even apply to your situation. I dunno how DiskUtility goes about recognizing drive geometry but if it uses the file system and if the drive is preformatted in NTFS (as it very well could be - many are), then it might be reading things wrongly. I would assume there were more checks in place and when a foreign format drive was inserted it would warn with the option to reformat. It wouldn't be unusual of Apple to flub something like that up tho. :)

So if that's the case try installing the 5-day trail of MacDrive9 from their website and see what happens. Another option is a free download too then. I've had this installed in my system since it 1st released:
Anyway, it is certainly worth a shot!


OH, and the odds that you got a DOA drive are probably close to something like 1:1,000 so there is a chance that it is. One in every thousand buyers means just that. ;)
 
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Thanks everyone for the further recommendations. The thread sash linked me to discusses the same problem I’m having and the result was a bad hard drive/sleep indicator cable . . . whatever that is. I’m checking YouTube to see if they have a video demonstrating how to replace that. Then I’ll check out the software Tesselator told me about!
 
Answer maybe?

I just heard from a friend of a friend of a friend who knows a friend who works on MACs that the Seagate Barracuda 1 TB Drive I purchased is too fast for my 2006 MAC PRO! Let's just forget about that weird 7 TB thing that comes up. Does that make sense? :confused::confused::confused:
 
Doctor-Obble said:
I just heard from a friend of a friend of a friend who knows a friend who works on MACs that the Seagate Barracuda 1 TB Drive I purchased is too fast for my 2006 MAC PRO! Let's just forget about that weird 7 TB thing that comes up. Does that make sense? :confused::confused::confused:
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No. This makes no sense at all. Whoever said that is silly or just uninformed. The Seagate 1TB drives as just about all new drives are; SATA III specification devices. An integral and important part of that specification is backward compatibility and connectivity with SATA II specification interfaces.

It is the case that 99.999% of all SATA III devices will operate correctly when attached to a SATA II buss interface - and nothing from Seagate (or any other major manufacturer) comprises the remaining 0.001% which may not. :D

I read the same article you did about that "sleep indicator cable" but it was concerning a MacBookPro. I dunno anything about MBP machines but I've never heard of such a cable on a MacPro. While that doesn't mean anything other than to indicate my ignorance, I highly suspect there is no such thing on your machine - or any other MacPro.

I'm afraid your option paths have narrowed to just two possibilities: 1) the drive is busted (DOA's do happen), and 2) you need to install NTFS drivers to initially read the drives's geometry - thereby allowing DiskUtility to understand it. This is assuming you did in fact check and clean the connections, tried it in a different bay, and so on and so forth.

And those may both be reaching... I dunno. I can't think of anything else anyway... <shrug>
 
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Question for Tesselator

Tesselator: So do I understand you correctly? I should download the free trial version of NTFS for Mac OS X onto this PC Laptop, save it to a flash drive or whatever and then upload it to my MAC? Will that work since the MAC doesn’t currently have a functioning brain (hard drive)? What would it be uploading to? Will this trial version work and remain there permanently? Sorry if these are dumb questions. And yes, I checked and rechecked all connections. Thanks!
 
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