Re: 13.3" 2012 MacBook Pro's HDD dying confirmed or not?

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage, comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.systems
Subject	Re: 13.3" 2012 MacBook Pro's HDD dying confirmed or not?
Date	2015-09-28 14:31 +0000
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Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> In message <d6s0mrFcrm8U1@mid.individual.net> 
>   Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>> Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I did more HDD testings with SMARTreporter (demo). They showed green
>>> color, passed, etc. However, I noticed
>>> its logs show possible bad signs:
>>> http://pastie.org/pastes/10447460/text?key=n5pgkmll2uz2nljbwrznyg ...
>>> So, I ran a short test and it passed. Long test twice, it failed at 90%.
>>> This sounds scary to me. What do you guys think?
> 
>> Yeah, I wouldn't put much faith in that drive. 
> 
>>> If the drive is dying, what is a good replacement in case Apple won't
>>> replace it due to recent expired AppleCare on 9/17/2015 and planning in
>>> advance. He currently used almost 200 GB of disk space (Time Machine
>>> didn't keep his VMs, big videos, etc. but those were copied
>>> (back/cop)ied separately).
>>> 
>>> Thank you in advance. :)
> 
>> You should make an appointment with your local Apple Store ASAP since you
>> are extremely close to the warranty end period and chances of them
>> replacing it for free go down every day you wait.
> 
>> Any 750GB 2.5-inch hard drive will do. I'd probably look at Hitachi or
>> Seagate brands, personally. 7200 RPM drives will be faster than 5400 RPM
>> drives, but will run hitter as well, which means so will the computer. 
> 
> I completely disagree. If *you* have to replace the drive, replace it with
> an SSD. It's a no-brainer on a laptop.

It's not his laptop.


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