HD+LEOPARD=Wont work

[bwilliams18]

so i broke my stock apple hard drive and decided to replace it myself with a 250 gb western digital scorpio one got it installed works great love it but the only problem is leopard wont install on it what should i do and how should i do it so it will work ive gone to the apple store and they tried to put it on and the only thing they said they could do was replace the hard drive which is a no go option for me ive been on the western digital thinking there might have been an update considering i got this a week after leopard came out no luck just wanted to see if anyone had any ideas so i could get leopard running

[Bernie]

You say it works great. What system are you running on it now? Can you install Tiger on it?

Never mind!

Start over...... Boot up with the Leopard CD and run disk utilities and format (initialize) the hard drive and then install the operating system.

[bwilliams18]

ok thanks ill try that but of course my leopard cd went all weird nd it like wont read it only reads as a blank disc i think im just gonna get a new one (leopard cd)

[bwilliams18]

ok so i got a leopard cd but it doesnt recognise the hard drive in my computer does any one have any advice ive got my computer backed up 100% and can do it again very quickly so please anything

[Michael Johnston]

Can you see the hard drive in Disk Utility when you boot from the Leopard DVD? You may need to repartition the drive.

[Bernie]

Grab the CD/DVD of the Operating system that you had working on your machine before you tried to upgrade. Chances are that you have your hard drive formatted some way that Apple no longer supports. Both of my Hard drives are Journaled HFS+

[bwilliams18]

thanks for all the help

[bwilliams18]

IT WORKED
Bernie i officaially owe you 1000 schrute bucks (if u dont get it watch the office) redemable at any time

[Bernie]

If you are running Leopard, there will be more questions.:eek:

[bwilliams18]

ok the penetration of apples into busisnesses i just had to help set up a video chat through ichat to my moms collegues in asia pretty much because of me b/c i got my mom a mac last year for xmas nd so she got one for her office in hongkong

[Snoop1990]

Just some general information:
If your harddrive is break you may want to contact the Apple store because hard drives have longer guaranty so the Apple store should replace the hard drive for you. Just my two cents.

[xxx]

Not sure if you having a problem still:

I upgraded my HD with the 320 WD Scorpio and Leopard Installed fine.

I've found out that if you are having any problems, just boot from the install DVD and you can fix it that way or it will troubleshoot itself.

I had a MBP's battery die while the computer was shutting down and even after it was plugged in I got blank screens. Simply popped in the DVD and booted from my last time machine restore and I was good to go.

Hope this helps!!!