Ke0 Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Installing 10.4.3 on my laptop, but it won't recognize my harddrive. It's a Compaq nx9600 P4 3.4GHz 512MB Radeon X600 Mobility (128) 90GB (not sure if it's SATA or IDE........pretty sure SATA) But it boots up but when it asks for destination........my HDD doesn't show up. Any tips? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10522-1043-wont-recgnize-my-hdd/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbjonas Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 According to this link your hard drive is just ATA (not serial). I can't find details on what chipset your motherboard uses, though (not the graphics chipset). Do you have the version with the DVD burner? or the one with the DVD-Rom, CD Burner combo? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10522-1043-wont-recgnize-my-hdd/#findComment-65939 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ke0 Posted March 1, 2006 Author Share Posted March 1, 2006 I found a way around it, I installed darwin, then installed 10.4.3 over it, and it works like a charm, thank god I made that Darwin CD those months ago I don't have the DVD burner, just reader, but it does burn CD (which is worthless for me) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10522-1043-wont-recgnize-my-hdd/#findComment-65962 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ke0 Posted March 1, 2006 Author Share Posted March 1, 2006 I spoke too soon, it installed but I get the dreaded "You need to restart your system" message, you would think it'd be painless on my laptop, I had way less trouble getting it to install on my AMD rig Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10522-1043-wont-recgnize-my-hdd/#findComment-65994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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