Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.systems,comp.sys.mac.portables Subject: Re: Any catches on restoring from an old Mac OS X v10.8.5 Time Machine HDD backup to new SSD on a 13.3" MacBook Pro (9,2; MD102ll/A)? Date: 29 Sep 2015 22:36:35 GMT Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <0Zednby4RbovlpfLnZ2dnUU7-cmdnZ2d@earthlink.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net L179ghkETrinvS2j8Dd/7wT+FOaQ5pWMzqq4iJrcs8AzviUZTO Cancel-Lock: sha1:O309nFECNS/s0WOhB/SdHgufosY= sha1:V9Ih5Q+p09eyfULK4TpJ0DX5w00= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.0 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:32217 comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage:923 comp.sys.mac.system:81094 comp.sys.mac.portables:867 Ant wrote: >>> It looks like I'll be helping my client get a SSD to replace his dying, >>> dropped HDD, in his 13.3" MacBook Pro (9,2; MD102ll/A) soon. Since he >>> still has his Mac OS X v10.8.5's Time Machine's HDD backup, I assume it >>> is straight easy to restore like I did yesterday (took about three hours >>> to finish) from a bigger HDD to a smaller SSD? Or will I run into issues >>> that I don't know about? > >> Given that the computer was not being used when it was dropped, it is >> highly unlikely that a drop would damage the HD surface. In all >> likelihood, the drop caused some internal damage to the computer which >> replacing the HD will not fix. > > Then, how come my client couldn't boot up his MBP after a day of the > incident in regular, safe, and verbose boots? Hardware damage can cause those symptoms. > After he came back, I > tried to run Disk Utility's verification and repairs which both failed > and told me to restore. I did that after about three hours. Everything > looked good, but I was still worried. I went to SMARTreporter. It said > all green passed, but its SMARTmontools' logs showed very scary results > which confirmed by other readers. Intermittent hardware failures can cause those symptoms as well. -- Sent from my iPhone