Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro?

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro?
Date	2015-10-06 00:26 +0000
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On 2015-10-05, Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
>> > No, I did mention it earlier. The waiting to see a person after 
>> > checking was long (30 minutes!) in the crowded store. It was confirmed 
>> > that the HDD was going bad with its SMART status. Everything else seems 
>> > to work even after the drive swap too. 
>
>> That's reassuring.
>
> Yep. His MBP lives again!
>
>> > Also, it would have been free, 
>> > but my client still want them to have the drive even if he had to pay 
>> > for it. :(
>
>> That's cool. It's his money! I physically destroy all of my hard drives
>> before tossing them out. 
>
> Yeah, we took it apart. He kept the enclosure, screws, etc. Juthe shiny 
> disk platters were nuked from orbit (OK, not really). He had never seen 
> the inside of a HDD before so he was curious. Oh, we did see tiny 
> scratches on it too!

That means the drive was likely running when he dropped it, which means
he probably had the lid open and was using the machine at the time
Or perhaps he had *just* put it to sleep and it was still cleaning up at
the time.

> Oh and THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO HELPED US! I am sure we will have more 
> issues in the future. I learned a lot too as a Mac newbie since this was 
> my first time with a Genius Bar appointment, HDD isses, recovery, 
> encryptions, etc.

No problemo. : )

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JR

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Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-01 00:13 -0500
  Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-01 01:14 -0400
  Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-01 01:38 -0400
    Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-01 01:42 -0400
    Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-01 06:02 +0000
    Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-01 13:41 +0000
  Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-01 13:35 +0000
  Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2015-10-03 19:23 -0400
    Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-03 23:44 +0000
      Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-03 20:59 -0400
        Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-04 01:19 +0000
    Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-04 08:08 -0500
      Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-04 16:08 +0000
        Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-04 21:31 -0500
          Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-05 03:45 +0000
            Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-05 17:42 -0500
              Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-05 22:47 +0000
                Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-05 18:49 -0500
                Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-06 00:26 +0000
                Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2015-10-05 19:45 -0500
                Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-06 14:52 -0500
                Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-06 15:57 -0400
                Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-06 17:20 -0500
                Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-06 19:23 -0400
                Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-06 14:50 -0500
      Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? Larry Gusaas <larry.gusaas@gmail.com> - 2015-10-04 17:05 -0600
        Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-04 21:33 -0500
          Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-10-05 23:16 +0000

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