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Old 30-06-2012, 22:43   #1
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Installing OS X to a new SSD - blank white screen
Situation:

Old HDD died

Installed SSD

I have a bootable OS X image installed onto a USB

However I cannot get the mac to boot from this USB. I have tried pressing and holding option, but all I get is a white screen (not even an apple logo, just a plain white screen)

Any ideas?

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Old 30-06-2012, 23:13   #2
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Was the USB stick made bootable before OS was put on it?
If not may need to add the boot files.. Don't know how to do it though.
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Old 30-06-2012, 23:22   #3
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Was the USB stick made bootable before OS was put on it?
If not may need to add the boot files.. Don't know how to do it though.
I followed a few guides available on the net... formatted as GUID (1 partition), restored image to the USB
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Old 30-06-2012, 23:40   #4
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Have you tried the obvious ones:

1. Hold power for several seconds until it beeps

2. Reset your PRAM.

Does it boot off CD and does a clean install work onto SSD?
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Old 01-07-2012, 08:33   #5
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1948

In case you haven't read this yet.
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Old 02-07-2012, 15:59   #6
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Tried all of the above,

still can't get past the white screen
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Old 02-07-2012, 16:42   #7
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Tried all of the above,

still can't get past the white screen
Out of interest are you certain the previous HDD died and it is the only fault with your Mac? Were you getting disk errors reported etc. or did it just fail to boot?
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Old 02-07-2012, 16:44   #8
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Out of interest are you certain the previous HDD died and it is the only fault with your Mac? Were you getting disk errors reported etc. or did it just fail to boot?
Nope wasn't getting any errors at all. One day the drive just failed

Tried connecting it to my desktop, not recognised

Tried connecting it via usb in an enclosure, nothing happened. The drive was definitely faulty, but I can't figure out why it won't let me install the OS onto a new drive

Could it be because I had filevault 2 encryption enabled? Does this place some sort of flag/check before boot which could explain why it's not letting me proceed?
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Old 02-07-2012, 19:28   #9
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Can you boot from the install DVD?
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Old 02-07-2012, 21:44   #10
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Can you boot from the install DVD?
nope can't boot from that either
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Old 02-07-2012, 21:47   #11
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Nope wasn't getting any errors at all. One day the drive just failed

Tried connecting it to my desktop, not recognised

Tried connecting it via usb in an enclosure, nothing happened. The drive was definitely faulty, but I can't figure out why it won't let me install the OS onto a new drive

Could it be because I had filevault 2 encryption enabled? Does this place some sort of flag/check before boot which could explain why it's not letting me proceed?
The encryption will just stop anyone accessing the data on that drive from another computer, but it won't stop booting another device from your own computer.
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nope can't boot from that either
If you cannot boot from DVD or USB, it could be something else is wrong - not the HDD.
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