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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
Has my Macbook had it?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tuxette" data-source="post: 970272" data-attributes="member: 29122"><p>Can anyone help me please?</p><p></p><p>I’m trying to sort out a friend’s Macbook. (about 3 years old -OS X).</p><p>There is a major boot problem and it just gets the dreaded flashing question mark.</p><p></p><p>I have looked at various postings and tried them all to no avail so am I right to suspect a hard disk failure?</p><p></p><p>With the Re-install disk in this is what happens....</p><p>At the Mac OS X Installer Window, I go into Utilities/Disk Utilies from the top toolbar, machine making lots of rattling noises and eventually a new Disk Utility window opens.</p><p>On the left hand side of this screen the hard disc icon says 4.7 GB MATSHITACD-RW CW-8221</p><p>Below this appears the Mac OS X install disk</p><p>If I highlight the Matshitacd , and then click FIRST AID, the only option I get is VERIFY DISK PERMISSIONS, all other options are greyed out. If I click this I get a message saying First Aid Failed....No Valid packages.</p><p></p><p>(This doesn’t surprise me as I can’t believe that this is the main hard drive as it says total capacity 4.7GB and against Write Ability is says Read Only - Unknown).</p><p></p><p>Has anyone any other ideas please?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tuxette, post: 970272, member: 29122"] Can anyone help me please? I’m trying to sort out a friend’s Macbook. (about 3 years old -OS X). There is a major boot problem and it just gets the dreaded flashing question mark. I have looked at various postings and tried them all to no avail so am I right to suspect a hard disk failure? With the Re-install disk in this is what happens.... At the Mac OS X Installer Window, I go into Utilities/Disk Utilies from the top toolbar, machine making lots of rattling noises and eventually a new Disk Utility window opens. On the left hand side of this screen the hard disc icon says 4.7 GB MATSHITACD-RW CW-8221 Below this appears the Mac OS X install disk If I highlight the Matshitacd , and then click FIRST AID, the only option I get is VERIFY DISK PERMISSIONS, all other options are greyed out. If I click this I get a message saying First Aid Failed....No Valid packages. (This doesn’t surprise me as I can’t believe that this is the main hard drive as it says total capacity 4.7GB and against Write Ability is says Read Only - Unknown). Has anyone any other ideas please? [/QUOTE]
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