For some reason, out of windows Diskpart, the disk changes to MBR. I then changed the drive from MBR to GPT. Thinking that I screwed something up, I used the dd command to write 0s to the drive.
sitting in its box and only plugged into a computer when it is being used for Windows install) this shouldn't happen. For an ssd this age, (less than 1/2 year of usage (aka. Ran a couple of tests in windows PE, and there are an absurd amount of bad sectors.
From my understanding it is just a common error from installing 3rd party ssd on Macs?Īnyways, because of the fact that the ssd worked totally fine, I feel like that the Mac install somehow screwed up my SSD.
The same error occurred after the format, failing about 12 minutes till the end of the installation.Īfter running diagnostics, the code VDH002 comes up. Then I used the first aid tool within to check. This somehow took an absurd amount of time.
Me thinking that the problem might be the fact that the disk was using Mac OS Extended as its file system, I formatted the ssd. Great.Ĥrd problem: After creating a Big Sur installation usb using terminal and another Mac, it loads fine but then, in the middle of the installation, it comes up with "An error occurred loading the update.".
Reseting NVRam doesn't help.ģrd problem: using actual shortcuts for internet recovery gives error -50101F after loading the files. After going into internet recovery to install El Capitan, It shows the apple logo for 1 sec and then goes to prohibition sign and folder w/ question mark. Great start to the day.Ģnd problem: keys for recoveryOS goes into internet recovery for some reason. Last Updated on: with Apple Mac mini 1.So, long story short, I swapped out the hard drive for an ssd and have been failing to install Mac OS ever sinceġst problem: after removing the hard drive, I realized that my data to usb cable broke.
I’m selling my Mac mini because I got an upgrade.2.6 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i51 TB Hard Drive8GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Not upgradeableGraphics Intel Iris 1536 MB integratedRunning macOS CatalinaApple Mac Mini (Late 2014 / MGEM.