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Mid 2012 model, A1278 / 2.5 GHz i5 or 2.9 GHz i7 processor.

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HGST 7K1000 not recognize

Hello,

My problem looks like this.

I received the old MB from my brother because it was very slow.

Therefore, I have the HDD replaced an old and OSX installed and everything worked well. Only the installation of windows did not go.

That's why I tested the HDD with PartedMagic and it was identified as broken.

Now I have bought the HGST 7K1000 and it is neither displayed in Diskutitlity nor in Parted Magic, who has ne idea how I can fix?

Thank you!

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Your systems specs: MacBook Pro 13" 2.9 GHz i7 (Mid-2012)

Your new drives specs: HGST 7K1000

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I should add this system tends to have problems with the HD's SATA cable. You may want to bring it into an Apple Store with the original drive in place to get it covered under the extended warranty they have for it.

Otherwise you should replace it following this IFIXIT guide: MacBook Pro 13" Unibody Mid 2012 Hard Drive Cable Replacement

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OK, lets start off here on the Windows utility you are trying to use here Parted Magic it does not support the Mac's disk structure and file system your system has here: GUID & Mac OS Extended (Journaled). You would need either to use Apples Disk Utility or something like this: Drive Genius

But lets see if we can work with what you have now.

You state you took out the old drive as it failed with Parted Magic. If the drive is still able to boot up under Mac OS-X lets see if we can get that far as we need it to gain access to the utility it has on it in the Application/Utility folder Disk Utility but the system needs to be running Mac OS-X first to use it.

You'll need something like this: Startech 2.5" SATA to USB adapter so we can connect your new drive to your system. Now we can use Disk Utility to setup your new drive. Here's a small write up that gets into it: How to Manage Disks and Volumes with OS X’s Disk Utility

The other option here (if the drive is not recoverable) is if your system has the updated firmware is to connect your system to the internet (as fast a connection possible) then let the Internet recovery service download from Apples site the installer. To get the system in to this mode restart it and hold the following keys: Command-Option-R for reference: Startup key combinations for Mac

Once the installer firsts loads up you can access the Disk Utility services from within it. It can take sometime depending on your network & internet speed.

Once the Mac OS is installed, you should make a bootable backup drive so you have a means to do drive repairs more quickly. I would prep up a 16 GB thumb drive using Disk Utility to first wipe the FAT32 partition the USB drives tend to have on them and then setup the needed GUID & Mac OS Extended (Journaled) partition.

Now go to the Apple store and download the OS installer (only the newest version will be available - MacOS Sierra) download it, exit the installer which will autolaunch, make a copy of it as afterwards it will be deleted (its in your Apps folder) then relaunch it. You'll want to run it twice here first updating your system with it and then again to install the OS onto the thumb drive. Once done copy the OS installer to the dumb drive just in case for the next time.

The last piece here is if you want to run Windows you'll want to setup BootCamp with your Windows OS image file or DVD. Follow this on how to do it: How to install Windows using Boot Camp.

Don't forget to add more memory if you only have 4 GB, I would go with 12 or 16 GB if you are running both OS's (macOS & Windows). If you aren't then 8 GB will be just fine for most things.

Let us know how it goes. Good Luck!

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So my Problem is that it even dosn't Show up in the Internet recovery Tool diskutility...

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If you can't get it to go into Internet Recovery then your system firmware needs updating but we're putting the cart in front of the horse here on that point.

We need to try to salvage your old HD as it has what we need (hopefully still has a working copy of Mac OS) so we can prep your new drive. But, as I pointed out for system may also have a bad HD cable which could be the root issue here were all of the other problems stem from. So you likely need to address that first then see were things are.

I know this is confusing here ;-{ Just a lot of moving parts all at once.

Which is why I would strongly recommend putting the original drive back in, then visit an Apple Store or if you don't have one close by go to an Apple Authorized Service Center to get your systems cable replaced or if that is not possible follow the IFIXIT link I posted to get one and put it in your self.

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Just orderd a new HD Cabel. Will tell you if its work :)

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