so has my harddrive crapped out on me?

trekstar84 · trekstar84 #1 (**permalink**)

02-23-2008, 06:03 PM

Hey all... just found this forum and wanted to say hello! Been a mac owner all my life... i remember when we had the Mac Classic back in the day... that was a great computer...

but anyways... The other day i got a warning on my computer stating that my internal harddrive was completely full, even though the other day i had at least 10 gigs left on it... i deleted some of my files and freed up some space, but every couple of seconds the free space would decrease back down to zero. I restarted the system and it was decreasing the harddrive space again... so i ran some disk utilities...

It seems to have stabilized for the around 9 gigs, but it still fluctuates slightly... so is it done for? am i gonna have to send my computer back to apple? help me out you guys!!

Mr.C · Mr.C #2 (**permalink**)

02-23-2008, 09:01 PM

Well... My HD well and truly crapped out on me and I didn't experience any of that. What machine is it? OS?

trekstar84 · trekstar84 #3 (**permalink**)

02-24-2008, 09:40 AM

macbook... the middle one.... workin on OS 10.4 i believe... i'm not home at the moment... at work on the evils of windows...

it seems to have stabilized now.... but i'm just wary about it ya know?

louishen · louishen #4 (**permalink**)

02-24-2008, 10:25 AM

Go to About this mac and then > more info

under ATA or Serial ATA you will find the details of your hard drive - what does the S.M.A.R.T status say?

s-works · s-works #5 (**permalink**)

02-24-2008, 12:06 PM

my HD did that right before it failed. If your HD is 3 + yrs old it will probably go down. Spend the 60-100.00 and replace

Buttercup · Buttercup #6 (**permalink**)

02-26-2008, 01:57 AM

Before the crash back-up everything you want then do as s-works suggests...get a new HD.

I didn't realize mine was dying and lost photos and spradsheets I hadn't backed up. Very sad.

I understand there is a new Mac peripheral that will back-up everything all the time so if your HD dies you have a perfect clone. Time capsule?

Good luck

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Itunes, External Harddrive, and Home Network Questions	reptile	Switcher Hangout	1	12-28-2007 10:07 AM
Booting from external Harddrive	Hustle	Apple Notebooks	5	05-28-2007 05:54 AM
how to install panther from harddrive?	gorlen	OS X - Operating System	0	12-31-2003 03:10 AM

so has my harddrive crapped out on me?

Internet Services

Web Development

Digital Marketing

Consumer Tech

trekstar84 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 23, 2008 Posts: 2	02-23-2008, 06:03 PM Hey all... just found this forum and wanted to say hello! Been a mac owner all my life... i remember when we had the Mac Classic back in the day... that was a great computer... but anyways... The other day i got a warning on my computer stating that my internal harddrive was completely full, even though the other day i had at least 10 gigs left on it... i deleted some of my files and freed up some space, but every couple of seconds the free space would decrease back down to zero. I restarted the system and it was decreasing the harddrive space again... so i ran some disk utilities... It seems to have stabilized for the around 9 gigs, but it still fluctuates slightly... so is it done for? am i gonna have to send my computer back to apple? help me out you guys!!
	QUOTE Thanks

Mr.C #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 14, 2008 Posts: 45	02-23-2008, 09:01 PM Well... My HD well and truly crapped out on me and I didn't experience any of that. What machine is it? OS?
	QUOTE Thanks

louishen #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 22, 2007 Location: London Posts: 8,682 Mac Specs: Mac Mini Core i7 2012 \| White 2009 MacBook 2 Ghz \| 733 Mhz G4 Quicksilver	02-24-2008, 10:25 AM Go to About this mac and then > more info under ATA or Serial ATA you will find the details of your hard drive - what does the S.M.A.R.T status say?
	QUOTE Thanks

s-works #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 24, 2008 Location: TX Posts: 2 Mac Specs: IMAC	02-24-2008, 12:06 PM my HD did that right before it failed. If your HD is 3 + yrs old it will probably go down. Spend the 60-100.00 and replace
	QUOTE Thanks

Buttercup #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 07, 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 8 Mac Specs: MacBook 1,1 IntelCore Duo 1.83 GHz 2MB Cache 512 MB Memory	02-26-2008, 01:57 AM Before the crash back-up everything you want then do as s-works suggests...get a new HD. I didn't realize mine was dying and lost photos and spradsheets I hadn't backed up. Very sad. I understand there is a new Mac peripheral that will back-up everything all the time so if your HD dies you have a perfect clone. Time capsule? Good luck
	QUOTE Thanks

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)