Mac Os Recovery Disk Not Showing
Jan Dominquez
I just got my macbook pro back from a harddrive repair and it was reported to have been working fine. So, I start it up and it takes me to Mac OS X instalation screen (The Snowlepard disk is in it) and I select a language and then agree to the terms and service. It then takes me to a screen that says "Install Mac OSX" as a title and below it says "Select the disk where you want to install Mac OS X". The only thing is there isn't any thing to select from.
When I came across this I noticed that I didn't have a volume under the main APPLE SSD SM1024G Media. You need create a partition under it. Click on APPLE SSD SM1024G Media, select partition map scheme is GUID Partition Table. Name the volume Macintosh. Select and make sure it is in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format. Select Apply. Once you see the volume created. Go back to the macOS utility screen and select install MacOS.
Switch over to Disk Utility (IIRC, should be in one of the menus), see if the HDD device is there. Click on it to select, make sure the partition map scheme is GUID Partition Table. If a volume is present (named Macintosh HD?), select and make sure it is in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format. Erase/repartition if needed, and see if that fixes the MIA disk issue.
Reinstall Mac OX S, when prompt to select disk for installation, there is no disk. Neither Disk Utility showing the drive. I have got my one fixed today, been told because of HDD cable. Try this one whether it fix your.
On my machine (late 2012 27" iMac), the Disk Utility choice was inside the window with the choices as to where to load the OS from. I selected Disk Utility and followed Courcouls's instructions and my problem was solved. Apparently, my new HDD wasn't being recognized by the system yet, but after "fixing" that problem, it came to life, so to speak, and I was able to continue with the installation. I'm now upgrading to the latest version of OS X, thanks to you two! Thank you!
You should be able to upgrade for free to the latest version of OS X after your system is back up and running. Go to the App Store and check for upgrades, or click on the apple logo in the upper left corner of the menu, and select About This Mac, then click Software Update (Upgrade). Hope this helps.
Niel, you are "The MAN!" I have a 2006 MacBook Pro and I just replace the original Toshiba Aries 80GB and 5400 RPM with a new Seagate 500GB SATA,16MB Cache, and 7200 RPM and I had the same issue as "emmingja" I have totally forgot about "Disk Utility". Thanks, just wish I could of installed the "Lion" OS. Anyways, thanks for your response to "emingja's" post. ?
You need to Restart, and this time answer only the "What Language" question, then wait a quarter minute for the MenuBar to be drawn, then choose Disk Utility from the Utilities Menu and follow Courcoul's good directions above.
I noticed a few days ago that my D:Recovery drive was showing 17.Gb used out of 19.1GB installed. On reflection I remembered copying a couple of pics, maybe 2mb, from Downloads to my Pictures library (10GB size). I suddenly noticed that a huge multiGB transfer was taking place. Don't know from where to where, but I closed it down using 'X'. I wonder if perhaps my Pics folder is being stored as part of Recovery, and I'd like to delete it. I don't need the Recovery option for these files, I back them up on an external drive. How can I access D:Recovery to delete them, the only Properties showing in is WinRE at 244mb?
If so, I think you are looking at the old HP recovery partition for 8.1. That partition wont do you any good anymore as access to it was broken with the upgrade. If you need to reinstall Windows 10, you would simply use the Microsoft Media Creation Tool to do so.
Hello @Chimney_83. Thanks for your reply. I may have explained my problem badly. I understand the purpose and function of the D:Recovery drive. My problem is that I may have accidentally copied a huge folder into the drive, and I would like to know how to see what is in the drive, and if this huge folder is there, how to delete it. There is 17.2 Gb of data in there, but File Explorer shows only 3 files of 1Kb each and a WinRE folder of 244 MB.
Hello @Photoray002, thank you for your reply. What you are saying makes sense, but I need to get confirmation of the upgrade process from my ex-boss who bought the laptop originally then passed it on to me to continue work she had started. I've sent her a message, but the time difference between UK and Australia where she now lives, could cause a bit of a delay. Assuming she confirms your premise and can provide licence details etc., I should be able to sort it from there.
I am using the Jamf Pro native vault configuration to escrow recovery key to Jamf Cloud after enabling vault. But recently some of machines I am managing showing not encrypted but I did receive the recovery key, while 1 MacBook Pro (M1) will not show "encrypted" and "recovery key" no matter what I tried. Can you anyone help?
I am experiencing a similar issue in our environment, it seems the profile to encrypt the drive may have ran and cached a key in the past but when the device was re-enrolled, re-imaged, etc. it did not apply the actual encryption. I would try deleting the device and re enrolling this if possible to remediate.
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My MacBook needs to be updated and tells me, that it needs 17GB of available disk space. I deleted many files and "About my Mac" shows that there are 50+GB available. But the message that there is not enough space for the update still appears. However, Disk Utility shows only 10GB available.I ran First Aid, but it could not offer a solution to my problem. It tells me, that there is an error, but it needs to be solved in recovery.What is pretty suspicious is the fact, that Disk Utility shows my disk twice in the sidebar, both with only 10GB available, but the error appears only on the first one, although it is one and the same disk.I booted into recovery, ran First Aid, and suddenly no errors showed up. Still, when I boot normally, Disk Utility shows 10GB and the error again and "About my Mac" shows the 50+GB again. Nevertheless I cannot install the update, since macOS requires 17GB of free space to install it.
Slimming your local Time Machine data might be sufficient.
First connect your Time Machine drive & manually Back Up Now.
Then, in terminal, type tmutil thinlocalsnapshots / 1000000000000 1
This will aggressively clean up old local backups.
Check your available - purgeable again afterwards.
Went to create a recovery USB drive on windows 11. After a while I was prompted to insert a USB drive of at least 32GB which I duly did but the "next" button stayed greyed out. After checking my USB drive I can see that there is actually only 28.8Gb available. Just to be sure I formatted it again and it stayed at 28.8GB. I checked a few other USB sticks I had lying around and they all seem to have capacity less than advertised (16GB is actually 14.7 etc).
I may have missed something else but the (real) capacity of 28.8GB seems to be what is stopping me from proceeding. I am sure that the good people of Microsoft know about USB drive capacities. Did they really mean us to get 64GB USB sticks to create recovery drives?
It appears that the issue you're encountering is a common one related to the way storage devices are marketed versus how operating systems calculate storage space.
Manufacturers often advertise storage capacity based on the assumption that 1GB equals 1 billion bytes. However, operating systems like Windows calculate 1GB as 1,073,741,824 bytes (1024^3 bytes), resulting in a lower displayed capacity.
For creating a Windows 11 recovery drive, a USB drive with a minimum capacity of 32GB is required. If your 32GB USB drive is showing only 28.8GB of available space, it may not be recognized by the recovery tool.
Here are some suggestions:
2. Use Disk Management or DiskPart: These built-in Windows tools can help delete all partitions on the USB drive and create a new single partition that utilizes the full capacity.
If none of the above methods work, it may be time to consider professional data recovery services, especially since you have important family photos and videos on the drive. Given your experience in the data recovery business, you might already have access to tools and techniques that can help, but if not, professional services have specialized equipment and expertise to recover data from damaged drives.
Method 1: Restart your computer and plug WD passport into another USB port.
Method 2: Replace a brand-new USB cable.
Method 3: Run Troubleshooter in the Setting app.
Method 4: Update or reinstall your disk driver in Disk Management.
Method 5: Change a drive letter in Disk Management.
Method 6: Run a virus scan.
Method 5: Run CHKDSK on your drive (Using CMD)
Method 7: Format your drive as the last resort. (All data will be erased.)
Method 8: Send it for manual repair.