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.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: 30 Sep 2015 16:08:43 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <300920151117354147%nospam@nospam.invalid> X-Trace: individual.net mMx78u85n5pKY9rNMDuppw4jR62LvDqIy1KLK1zombRm2SPqPe Cancel-Lock: sha1:bSsQYstGy82jO2i0G+tWbeTv62E= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:32266 comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage:965 comp.sys.mac.system:81185 comp.sys.mac.portables:909 On 2015-09-30, nospam wrote: > In article , David Ritz > wrote: > >> >> I'd lean toward doing the migration, following a clean install on the >> >> new drive, if it ever gets that far. >> >> > Ever gets that far? >> >> You still haven't determined that the HDD is the problem. If it's a >> different hardware issue, you're just spinning your wheels. > > it's very clear that the hard drive is the problem. Nah, it may not be the only problem. There could be an issue with the ATA controller hardware, for instance. Best to let Apple run a full diagnostic on it to be sure. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR