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My Geekitude Knoweth No Bounds (well, not many)

Jan 13, 2011 12:09

In the last couple of days I have suffered and actually managed to recover - BY MYSELF - from my Mac Book Pro undergoing a major crash. But it is still somewhat unwell, and I have a suspicion that the HD may be on its last legs. I was prompted by a kindly twitter message from

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chickenfeet2003 January 13 2011, 20:33:52 UTC

Hard drives die. Lap top hard drives seem to go sooner than desktop ones. You might be able to resurrect the current one though if Disk Utility can't find it it's pretty far gone. The chances are it won't last long though. The main thing is to keep your primary drive backed up. With external 1TB drives costing about $100 there is really no excuse! Also your Mac should have Time Machine on it. Time Machine is the easiest to use back up software I've ever come across.

intertext January 13 2011, 21:28:42 UTC

Yeah, I'm running it into an external drive as we speak :-)

So it sounds like it might be more cost-effective in the long run just to go straight into having the drive replaced rather than try buying some heavy-duty disk-repair program which a) might not work and b) might only provide a stop-gap remedy.

chickenfeet2003 January 13 2011, 21:41:09 UTC

The current price for a 250GB 2.5 inch SATA drive is around $50 - $60. I'm not sure what a dealer would charge to install it but it can't be all that expensive so I'd go with the new drive.

green_knight January 15 2011, 18:25:39 UTC

If I'd had a physical misfunction, I'd buy a new drive, because I would ever trust the old one again. As a rule, unless you install a lot of software- particularly shareware - you should not have a software problem (I forget how to rebuild the desktop files on OS X or even whether that's still an issue). Your problem sounds more mechanical than software-related to me, so I'd buy a new disc ( ... )

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