update killed my macbook

southchatham · southchatham #1 (**permalink**)

12-12-2009, 11:42 AM

Last night I did an update on my macbook, then when restarting my hard drive failed. I guess its just a coincidence. My mac is 40 months old but my hard drive is only 18 months old. Glad I bought a mini in Sept. Just ordered my new hardrive.
Update was a wifi firmware and something else I can't remember. I think I'll skip this update on my mini for a while.

southchatham · southchatham #2 (**permalink**)

12-12-2009, 09:25 PM

Could not wait so I went to staples and they had on WD 250 gig hard drive. No other choice, WD it is. Replaced it and formatted; currently restoring from time machine. Fortunately I backed up 2 days ago. Before that was 2 months. I got lucky their. The mini is hooked up to my backup full time.

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southchatham #1 (permalink)
Member Since: May 15, 2008 Location: Cape Cod Posts: 112 Mac Specs: 2006 macbook, 2009 mac mini	12-12-2009, 11:42 AM Last night I did an update on my macbook, then when restarting my hard drive failed. I guess its just a coincidence. My mac is 40 months old but my hard drive is only 18 months old. Glad I bought a mini in Sept. Just ordered my new hardrive. Update was a wifi firmware and something else I can't remember. I think I'll skip this update on my mini for a while.
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southchatham #2 (permalink)
Member Since: May 15, 2008 Location: Cape Cod Posts: 112 Mac Specs: 2006 macbook, 2009 mac mini	12-12-2009, 09:25 PM Could not wait so I went to staples and they had on WD 250 gig hard drive. No other choice, WD it is. Replaced it and formatted; currently restoring from time machine. Fortunately I backed up 2 days ago. Before that was 2 months. I got lucky their. The mini is hooked up to my backup full time.
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