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

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage, comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage, alt.comp.periphs.hdd
Subject	Re: A dying HDD in a very old 15" MacBook Pro from 2008?
Date	2016-03-14 13:48 +1100
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"Ant" <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote in message 
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> In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, the problem could well be outside the drive.
>
>> Not hard to try another drive in the machine and see if that fixes it 
>> tho.
>
> Well, I would have to find another drive. I don't think I can just
> pick any drive. Most of my spare drives are SATA and PATA 3.5" types. :P

Yeah, it would be easier if its one that fits.

> I guess I could use an external USB drive, but that would be slower?

Not a useful test, you need to use one that uses the same controller
to see if the problem is in the controller and not the drive itself.

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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
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