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  • Quote: Originally Posted by JamesandBennie    Just happened to see that you mentioned easeus backup here, which I'm using on my PC, Win 7. But never tried the "clone" option.  So it really can clone HDD to SSD? How long would it take? As  backup so…
    in Macbook 2,1 -Hard Drive upgrade Comment by asheenlevrai April 2015
  • --SOLVED-- --SOLVED!-- --SOLVED!!-- --SOLVED!!!--   Ok, just a few things first: 1) I feel so stupid right now 2) My problem is solved and the Macbook2,1 can now detect the SSD (Both Windows and OSX installers find the internal SSD. Both Crucial MX1…
    in Macbook 2,1 -Hard Drive upgrade Comment by asheenlevrai April 2015
  • Tx a lot.   I already read that tread actually. I don't understand that cable "sensitivity" thing neither...   The strange thing is that I got 3 of those macbooks2,1 and they all show the same issue at detecting SSDs (3 SSds tested, 2 Crucial MX100 …
    in Macbook 2,1 -Hard Drive upgrade Comment by asheenlevrai April 2015
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin  If you open the command-line when booted from the 10.5.6 installer, try entering the following command and hit return: diskutil list and see if that lists the drive. From the terminal in 10.5.6 installer:…
    in Macbook 2,1 -Hard Drive upgrade Comment by asheenlevrai April 2015
  • When the SSD is placed into an USB enclosure both the OSX and the Windows installer can see it (the windows installer obviously won't let me install on it, though).   Best, -a-
    in Macbook 2,1 -Hard Drive upgrade Comment by asheenlevrai April 2015
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin  People have installed SSDs into 2006 Macbooks so it should be ok. It looks like they just support SATA 1 (1.5Gbps) but it should still work. Yes, That's what I thought... It won't boot Yosemite. Non-bootab…
    in Macbook 2,1 -Hard Drive upgrade Comment by asheenlevrai April 2015
  • I just created a 10.5.6 USB installer. Boot on it -> Disk Utility cannot find the SSD drive...   I will read your post (above) carefully and reply ASAP.   Best, -a-
    in Macbook 2,1 -Hard Drive upgrade Comment by asheenlevrai April 2015
  • Thanks a lot for your help.   However, I am getting a little confused here so let me sum up the situation briefly:   1) I have a working MB2,1 with Win7pro SP1 installed on it (no OSX, no Bootcamp). The original install was made using the Win7pro SP…
    in Macbook 2,1 -Hard Drive upgrade Comment by asheenlevrai April 2015
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin  You can only boot from the drive if it has OS X on it. It doesn't have to be an installer but it has to have a bootable system on it of some kind.   Didn't know that. Thanks. That's probably why my current i…
    in Macbook 2,1 -Hard Drive upgrade Comment by asheenlevrai April 2015
  • Thank you for your answer.   Well, I cannot boot from USB on the macbook2,1 (only internal drive or CD/DVD). I read somewhere that actually I could boot from USB only with an OSX installer but I don't know if it is true (it doesn't seem realistic, b…
    in Macbook 2,1 -Hard Drive upgrade Comment by asheenlevrai April 2015
  • same problem using 120GB Crucial MX100 SSD -a-
    in Macbook 2,1 -Hard Drive upgrade Comment by asheenlevrai April 2015
  • Hello everyone,   Sorry for hijacking the tread but I bet no one would now add anything about the OP... I still have one of those prehistoric macbook2,1 and I already upgraded from the original 80GB HDD to a 500GB hybrid drive. Now I'd like to upgra…
    in Macbook 2,1 -Hard Drive upgrade Comment by asheenlevrai March 2015