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Re: A dying HDD in a very old 15" MacBook Pro from 2008?

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In article <w5adnRfPhozmInjLnZ2dnUU7-YHNnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant
<ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
> In alt.comp.periphs.hdd Your Name <YourName@yourisp.com> wrote:
> ...
> > First step is always simply to run the disk through Disk Utility and
> > see what that comes up with. Disk Utility may not be the best software
> > around, but it's certainly easier to "quickly" run a scan since it's
> > included with the OS on every Mac.
> 
> Mac OS X v10.5.8's Disk Utility seems to be stuck when verifying the Mac 
> HDD with an animated colorful pinwheel. Nothing seems to respond from 
> it. Is this normal? I wished I Macs had drive lights to see if it is 
> doing anything. I couldn't even open a Terminal to look around during 
> this.  I'll let it run for now. :(

If you can't open anything else, then the computer has crashed and
needs rebooting.

If you're running Disk Utility off the same drive you're checking, then
it's possible that the app itself has been corrupted by the drive's
problems. It really needs Disk Utility to be run from another boot
drive (which is one of many reasons why it's disgusting that Apple no
longer supplies proper install media!)

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A dying HDD in a very old 15" MacBook Pro from 2008? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2016-03-12 16:53 -0800
  Re: A dying HDD in a very old 15" MacBook Pro from 2008? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-03-13 14:29 +1300
    Re: A dying HDD in a very old 15" MacBook Pro from 2008? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-03-13 14:28 -0500
      Re: A dying HDD in a very old 15" MacBook Pro from 2008? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-03-14 09:01 +1300
        Re: A dying HDD in a very old 15" MacBook Pro from 2008? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-03-14 10:24 +1300
          Re: A dying HDD in a very old 15" MacBook Pro from 2008? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-03-13 16:35 -0500
            Re: A dying HDD in a very old 15" MacBook Pro from 2008? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-03-14 11:51 +1300
              Re: A dying HDD in a very old 15" MacBook Pro from 2008? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-03-15 07:28 -0500
          Re: A dying HDD in a very old 15" MacBook Pro from 2008? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-03-14 14:20 +1300
            Re: A dying HDD in a very old 15" MacBook Pro from 2008? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-03-14 17:14 +1300
        Re: A dying HDD in a very old 15" MacBook Pro from 2008? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-03-13 16:34 -0500
  Re: A dying HDD in a very old 15" MacBook Pro from 2008? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-03-13 15:40 +1100
    Re: A dying HDD in a very old 15" MacBook Pro from 2008? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-03-13 14:31 -0500
      Re: A dying HDD in a very old 15" MacBook Pro from 2008? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-03-14 07:13 +1100
        Re: A dying HDD in a very old 15" MacBook Pro from 2008? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-03-13 16:37 -0500
          Re: A dying HDD in a very old 15" MacBook Pro from 2008? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-03-14 11:51 +1300
          Re: A dying HDD in a very old 15" MacBook Pro from 2008? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-03-14 13:48 +1100
  Re: A dying HDD in a very old 15" MacBook Pro from 2008? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-03-14 17:22 +0800
    Re: A dying HDD in a very old 15" MacBook Pro from 2008? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-03-14 17:04 +0000
      Re: A dying HDD in a very old 15" MacBook Pro from 2008? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2016-03-14 16:13 -0600
      Re: A dying HDD in a very old 15" MacBook Pro from 2008? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-03-15 20:35 +0800

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