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Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy

From Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy
Date 2015-02-26 18:56 +1300
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID <260220151856370941%YourName@YourISP.com> (permalink)
References <mcjcmm$skr$1@dont-email.me> <mcmurtrie-2A4DD1.19351925022015@news.sonic.net> <mcmc4c$9g6$1@dont-email.me>

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In article <mcmc4c$9g6$1@dont-email.me>, John McWilliams
<jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote:
> On 2/25/15   PDT 7:35 PM, Kevin McMurtrie wrote:
> > In article <mcjcmm$skr$1@dont-email.me>,
> >   John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> My son's MBP doesn't boot up.
> >>
> >> I have run Disk Utility many times, fsck -fy several times, tried Target
> >> Mode but it doesn't show up on any of three different Macs, and all
> >> messages seem to say the HD is bad, recover all the files you can, and
> >> get a new HDD. OK, but I don't see how I can access said files. It will
> >> boot into recovery mode, but still no visibility of files on the HDD.
> >> He's overloaded it, with only 10 Gigs free out of 500. Several years ago
> >> I put in a combo drive (part SS, part HD), and I cannot say what exact
> >> model it is, but it has the big battery door on the bottom. FW800 port,
> >> optical drive (which is also Bolshevik).
> >>
> >> I am out of ideas short of taking it to the Apple geniuses. Oh, it does
> >> boot into verbose mode, but a minute or two later it shuts down by itself.
> >>
> >> Prayers,  guidance, smart remarks, mostly appreciative will I be.
> >
> > The disk is probably scrambled by the MBP suffering from hardware
> > failure.  Move the disk to a new computer, repair it, and recover files.
> 
> The disk spins up in situ, but is unreadable in Target Mode or via the 
> Recovery Partition. I can't quite see how stripping it out and trying to 
> mount it elsewhere would help. Could you please elaborate?

Potentially if the problem is with the MacBook Pro's hardware itself
(e.g. I/O, motherboard, etc.), then taking the drive out and putting it
into a USB enclosure may mean it works when plugged into another Mac.
It's unlikely, but could be worth a try if you have an enclosure or
hard drive dock (or a Mac Pro tower model), or can get one cheaply.

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MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-24 18:41 -0800
  Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-25 16:11 +1300
    Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-25 16:39 -0800
      Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-26 00:59 +0000
  Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-02-24 23:17 -0500
  Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-02-25 00:12 -0500
    Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-25 07:33 -0500
      Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-25 16:33 -0800
    Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-25 16:42 -0800
      Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-26 01:01 +0000
        Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-25 17:05 -0800
  Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2015-02-25 19:35 -0800
    Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-25 21:49 -0800
      Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-26 18:56 +1300
        Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-26 08:07 -0500
          Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-26 07:26 -0800
            Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-26 11:59 -0500
              Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-27 11:12 -0800
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-02-27 14:13 -0500
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-27 11:30 -0800
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-27 20:13 +0000
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-27 14:02 -0800
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-28 02:23 +0000
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-27 20:13 +0000
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-27 14:01 -0800
        Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-26 07:41 -0800
      Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2015-02-26 19:03 -0800
        Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-27 11:14 -0800
          Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-27 16:13 -0500
            Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-27 14:13 -0800
              Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-03 16:29 -0800
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-03 19:40 -0500
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-04 16:15 +1300
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-04 05:55 -0500
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-04 16:02 +0000
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-04 13:06 -0500
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-04 19:06 +0000
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-04 14:28 -0500
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-03-03 19:56 -0500
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-04 16:49 +1300
                Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-03 21:54 -0800

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