Second HDD in optical bay not working properly
Hi,
I have installed a second 1TB HDD in place of the superdrive but it is not working well.
File reads from that HDD, file transfers to and from that HDD all result in a beach ball. If I try to do big transfers the HDD vanishes from the system! I have to reboot to see the HDD again!
Searching online I found this - http://blog.macsales.com/14982-efi-updat...
I thought problem solved. The Apple site with the update also states its for mid 2012 macbook pros - https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1593?loca...
However whenever I try to install the update it states "This update is not for this system". I am not sure but I think this is because I have OSX El Capitan running, rather OSX Lion or Mountain Lion.
I have OSX ML on an external HDD. Should I use it to boot my laptop and then apply this update? Will putting back the drive with El Capitan after the update cause any issues?
Is there something else I can do or should I just get an Intel 320 600 GB SATA II SSD instead for the optibay?
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Can you give us the make and model of your HD's (both the primary & secondary).
Dan 의
For now I would hold off buying anything until we can guide you here with what you have now.
Dan 의
The main HDD is APPLE HDD HTS545050A7E362 , its 500 GB.
The secondary HDD is HGST HTS721010A9E630 , 1TB Travelstar 7K1000.
I had bought a Samsung 850 EVO 250GB which I intend to use to replace the primary HDD. Using the SSD for the OS/apps and HDD for data.
I don't want to mess with the primary HDD much, keeping it as a backup bootable drive for use if the EVO ever conks off.
Gautam Thakur 의
How was the new drive formatted? Have you run Disk Utilities from the main drive on the new one?
mayer 의
Yes. It's formatted to HFS+ journaled. I have two partitions, 250GB and 750GB
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