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Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy

From John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: MacBook Pro is bolshy
Date 2015-02-26 07:41 -0800
Organization Sept. all the time
Message-ID <mcneq4$5cg$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References <mcjcmm$skr$1@dont-email.me> <mcmurtrie-2A4DD1.19351925022015@news.sonic.net> <mcmc4c$9g6$1@dont-email.me> <260220151856370941%YourName@YourISP.com>

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On 2/25/15   PDT 9:56 PM, Your Name wrote:
> 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.

The fact that it boots off the recovery partition suggest to me that 
it's not the motherboard. And it could be software only, with the SSD 
and HDD not playing together, giving a hardware error message.

That it boots into Target mode but isn't readable is a bit baffling, but 
who knows.... The Shadow??

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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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