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- Your Mac's Specs
- Intel 2.8 GHZ, 500 GB 7200rpm, 4 GB DDR3, OSX 10.6.8, Bootcamp & XP SP2
i'm assuming this is a hardware issue, but it may also be a software related issue (like the time a .pref file ate itself and os x broke etc...)
anyway...
i was working away on my 2009 MacBook Pro in iWeb for a few minutes, when i got the spinny beachball, so i waited... and waited... and eventually after a couple mins got fed up and tried to force quit, which wouldnt work either, so i was left with no option but to hold the power button, my intention to restart.
the MBP powered off, but when it rebooted, it just displayed a grey screen with a spinny circular wait thing that just spun forever... and just recently it has shown a grey screen with a folder/question mark
i couldn't use target disk mode, as it doesn't show up on another mac when i connect it
i opened the MBP up (i dont have apple insurance and the warranty has long expired - kinda ****** off as a computer i spent 2k on doesn't last 2 years)... i connected the HDD into a usb cradle, and used disk verify/repair on another mac, and can now read all my files from both WinXP & MacOS partitions. but cannot boot from either.
its a Seagate momentus
so at first i mega panicked at the thought of losing everything
but when i was able to read my files but not boot, it made me wonder if it was a bad sector/mechanical error or some kind of software error - pref or similar.
so is it the hdd cable, a mechanical error, or a software error...?
also....
if i were to fit a new hdd and install osx from my dvd, would i be able to recover my firefox and chrome bookmarks from a pref file etc, as i didnt export them as html?
and
when i reinstall itunes, will i have to wipe my ipod and start over, or can i just import my itunes library from the old disk so that my play counts and ipod sync data will stay the same.??
other than the fact my IBM Thinkpad R31 needs an adaptor card for WiFi, USB 2 and firewire - though not all at the same time, doesnt run on battery power for more than 2 mins, doesnt have more than 800mb of RAM, cant play DVDs, doesnt have a trackpad, wont sync my ipod, doesn't run Logic Pro and the fact that SuperTuxKart runs kinda chopily, i'm not missing my Mac at all. no seriously. but it would be nice to have it working again.
a MBP treated delicately, compared with an ex-business machine from 1996 that still works after years of abuse. at least my Thinkpad "just works".
anyway...
i was working away on my 2009 MacBook Pro in iWeb for a few minutes, when i got the spinny beachball, so i waited... and waited... and eventually after a couple mins got fed up and tried to force quit, which wouldnt work either, so i was left with no option but to hold the power button, my intention to restart.
the MBP powered off, but when it rebooted, it just displayed a grey screen with a spinny circular wait thing that just spun forever... and just recently it has shown a grey screen with a folder/question mark
i couldn't use target disk mode, as it doesn't show up on another mac when i connect it
i opened the MBP up (i dont have apple insurance and the warranty has long expired - kinda ****** off as a computer i spent 2k on doesn't last 2 years)... i connected the HDD into a usb cradle, and used disk verify/repair on another mac, and can now read all my files from both WinXP & MacOS partitions. but cannot boot from either.
its a Seagate momentus
so at first i mega panicked at the thought of losing everything
but when i was able to read my files but not boot, it made me wonder if it was a bad sector/mechanical error or some kind of software error - pref or similar.
so is it the hdd cable, a mechanical error, or a software error...?
also....
if i were to fit a new hdd and install osx from my dvd, would i be able to recover my firefox and chrome bookmarks from a pref file etc, as i didnt export them as html?
and
when i reinstall itunes, will i have to wipe my ipod and start over, or can i just import my itunes library from the old disk so that my play counts and ipod sync data will stay the same.??
other than the fact my IBM Thinkpad R31 needs an adaptor card for WiFi, USB 2 and firewire - though not all at the same time, doesnt run on battery power for more than 2 mins, doesnt have more than 800mb of RAM, cant play DVDs, doesnt have a trackpad, wont sync my ipod, doesn't run Logic Pro and the fact that SuperTuxKart runs kinda chopily, i'm not missing my Mac at all. no seriously. but it would be nice to have it working again.
a MBP treated delicately, compared with an ex-business machine from 1996 that still works after years of abuse. at least my Thinkpad "just works".