Recent content by cesc_abhi

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    Problems detecting a new ssd through the cable

    I have a white unibody macbook (5,2) I recently bought a usb 3 to sata connector and a Samsung 850 evo SSD. Both the SSD and my old HDD are running Mountain Lion, If that matters. I'm having the following problem: The ssd works fine when used internally, but its not detectable when connected...
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    [Help] Cant initialize SSD due to "device not ready" and diskpart shows Size of the ssd is 0gb

    I used my samsung evo for a couple of days on my old macbook (running el capitan) as an internal drive and now I'm trying to set it up as an external drive for my other Windows 10 laptop. The only problem is, I cant initialize it. Disk mgmt shows "device not ready". The drive is not showing...
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    Is samsung 850 evo SSD right for my macbook

    I recently got a 250gb samsung 850 evo to upgrade my unibody macbook (identifier 5,2) and shit hit the fan. It has sata 1 port and SSD's are backward compatible so i figured it wont be a problem, but oh boy i was wrong. After replacing, it worked fine for a day, but after that the mac stopped...
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    Ssd failing(?) + drive optimisation not available

    I "inherited" a vaio s series (vpcsa36gg) which has a 256gb SSD (RAID0) which was running an old version of windows 10 pro until i updated it recently. Note that the previous owner hasn't made any partitions on the drive, whatever's there is original Problem 1 The first screen you get at...