danryan1 Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 I'm trying to use the 10.4.4 patched myz DVD to install OS X on my Dell Dimension 8400 and can't get the disk utility to recognize my partitions. It's a SATA drive and the OS X installer can't find any partitions and shows its capacity as 0 bytes. Has anyone come across this problem? I'm about to go dig an old IDE drive out of the closet and try that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Boy Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 I have the same problem (0 bytes) on a Dell XPS Gen3 with 80GB Maxtor HD. Could it be the proprietary Dell MBR? Dell HDs have a modified MBR that allows booting to the utility partition and the restore partition. I ended up installing to an external HD, but things are much slower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyuiop Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 my dell 8400 can't see my hd either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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