- but still no internal hard drive offered.
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RE: https://helvede.net/@jwcph/116345937147796943
- but still no internal hard drive offered. Apparently I am now the proud owner of a laptop that doesn't know it has a hard drive inside it.
Still don't understand how this is even possible.
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RE: https://helvede.net/@jwcph/116345937147796943
- but still no internal hard drive offered. Apparently I am now the proud owner of a laptop that doesn't know it has a hard drive inside it.
Still don't understand how this is even possible.
@jwcph you mean when you get into internet recovery mode, then disk utility can't see that there is a disk when you use Show All Devices?
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@jwcph you mean when you get into internet recovery mode, then disk utility can't see that there is a disk when you use Show All Devices?
@elverkonge Well, that's part of what is so weird - because yes, Disk Utility does show the SSD drive. But it isn't selectable as a boot or installation drive anywhere; not when I start the machine holding the Alt key to select boot drive, not under the Boot Drive tab in system settings, and not during the installation process.
Seems I either have to find a way to restore the disk0 partition header, or replace the entire hard drive...
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@elverkonge Well, that's part of what is so weird - because yes, Disk Utility does show the SSD drive. But it isn't selectable as a boot or installation drive anywhere; not when I start the machine holding the Alt key to select boot drive, not under the Boot Drive tab in system settings, and not during the installation process.
Seems I either have to find a way to restore the disk0 partition header, or replace the entire hard drive...
@jwcph if you are going for the nuke option i think you want to look at method 3 here:
https://witechpedia.com/guide/how-to-install-macos/
I'm not sure of the end state desires regarding partitioning, so I'm not sure what's there and what to recommend (like if you're going to try dual booting again). But you should be able to get back to a bootable new install pretty easily.
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@jwcph if you are going for the nuke option i think you want to look at method 3 here:
https://witechpedia.com/guide/how-to-install-macos/
I'm not sure of the end state desires regarding partitioning, so I'm not sure what's there and what to recommend (like if you're going to try dual booting again). But you should be able to get back to a bootable new install pretty easily.
@elverkonge Thank you, yes, I also found that method elsewhere & have it in my quiver - but I'm giving it a few more goes trying to find out how to re-establish the missing partition header, it would be a real Swordfish moment & it seems like such a simple fix...
I may try dual-booting again at some point, but next time I will be more judicial about deleting partitions
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@elverkonge Thank you, yes, I also found that method elsewhere & have it in my quiver - but I'm giving it a few more goes trying to find out how to re-establish the missing partition header, it would be a real Swordfish moment & it seems like such a simple fix...
I may try dual-booting again at some point, but next time I will be more judicial about deleting partitions
@jwcph So I'm guessing your Mac was using GPT partitioning and that I think used a small dedicated boot partition that essentially got overwritten in the dual booting. That's just how it has to work on some level.
I'm really just not sure about the current state, whether the old partition remains, or what tools exist to restore it. In theory you need a recovery usb that could restore or recreate the partition that would magically let you boot up, unless there's a way to do it with native tools that I haven't found. Unfortunately I know next to nothing about Macs and I haven't bothered with keeping up with recovery tools. Sorry I can't be of more help, but I hope you find the least painful option here.
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@jwcph So I'm guessing your Mac was using GPT partitioning and that I think used a small dedicated boot partition that essentially got overwritten in the dual booting. That's just how it has to work on some level.
I'm really just not sure about the current state, whether the old partition remains, or what tools exist to restore it. In theory you need a recovery usb that could restore or recreate the partition that would magically let you boot up, unless there's a way to do it with native tools that I haven't found. Unfortunately I know next to nothing about Macs and I haven't bothered with keeping up with recovery tools. Sorry I can't be of more help, but I hope you find the least painful option here.
@elverkonge It didn't get overwritten - it's a thing that sometimes happens when deleting a partition (e.g. a dual boot one), apparently; the UUID of the boot partition gets corrupted & the only way to fix it is delete it & create a new one, if you know how
basically the partition is still there, but the missing header means the OS can't find it & since it's the boot disk, well... Thank you for your good wishes
