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macOS - Notebook Hardware
Emergency: Need help restoring my Macbook
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<blockquote data-quote="dtravis7" data-source="post: 710474" data-attributes="member: 8287"><p>Like skaheadpunk said, it sounds like the hard drive totally died. If you boot with the OSX Install DVD holding C and run the Disk Utility, you do not see the hard drive but just the CD/DVD ROM drive correct? Do you remember the name of your drive like Macintosh HD or whatever? If that does not show, then I am pretty sure the drive had died. You can not repair the DVD install as you can not write to a DVD that is already made. </p><p></p><p>If no Mac HD is showing up in disk utility, then the drive is gone. I was going to have you check the SMART status, but it the drive is not there, you can not do that. How old is the Macbook? If under a Year take it to an Apple Store if you can and tell them what happened and that you need your files, although if the drive is totally dead they will not have much luck.</p><p></p><p>To get the Install DVD out, hit the power button and after the Startup Sound hold down the mouse button and keep it down and the DVD should eject.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dtravis7, post: 710474, member: 8287"] Like skaheadpunk said, it sounds like the hard drive totally died. If you boot with the OSX Install DVD holding C and run the Disk Utility, you do not see the hard drive but just the CD/DVD ROM drive correct? Do you remember the name of your drive like Macintosh HD or whatever? If that does not show, then I am pretty sure the drive had died. You can not repair the DVD install as you can not write to a DVD that is already made. If no Mac HD is showing up in disk utility, then the drive is gone. I was going to have you check the SMART status, but it the drive is not there, you can not do that. How old is the Macbook? If under a Year take it to an Apple Store if you can and tell them what happened and that you need your files, although if the drive is totally dead they will not have much luck. To get the Install DVD out, hit the power button and after the Startup Sound hold down the mouse button and keep it down and the DVD should eject. [/QUOTE]
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