Time machine

Lorddalron · 29 Nov 2012 at 23:11

So its about time i start making the odd backup of my system every now and again and i thought i could use the 750gb HDD i took out of my MBP (replaced with a SSD) but the Time machine setup process isn't recognising it.

I have attached the HDD to my MBP via the usb/sata cable that came with the SSD and the HDD seems powered up but like i say, its not coming up as i thought (external HDD).

Any help appreciated

Lorddalron · 30 Nov 2012 at 20:34

No help for me

Frost · 30 Nov 2012 at 21:35

Does it appear if you open up Disk Utility?
If it does, then select the disk and go to the 'erase' tab and do a format as Mac OS Extended (journaled)

If it doesn't appear in Disk Utility, then I'm not sure what you can do?

lamboman · 30 Nov 2012 at 22:21

Frost said:
Does it appear if you open up Disk Utility?
If it does, then select the disk and go to the 'erase' tab and do a format as Mac OS Extended (journaled)

If it doesn't appear in Disk Utility, then I'm not sure what you can do?

diskutil through Terminal is the next step after that. Type "diskutil list" to see if the drive is appearing there. diskutil is also very useful for the many times where Disk Utility doesn't work properly...

Lorddalron · 1 Dec 2012 at 18:19

I'll give disk utility a go early, didnt think id have to format it seeing it was the original HDD. I didnt really want to do that in case something happened to the laptop at anytime and i can just replace the HDD before taking it to Apple. What i mean by that is if something happened, id replace the SSD with the HDD to save any warranty void situations due to opening the laptop up.

If the above works and i use the Time machine function, lets say once a week. Will that mean that if anything happened the SSD i could just swap them about an continue as if nothing happened?