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Macbook CoreDuo owners: HDD warning
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<blockquote data-quote="Aptmunich" data-source="post: 518637" data-attributes="member: 3850"><p>Apparently the Seagate drives used in a lot of first generation Macbooks have issues that can cause them to degrade quite rapidly over time due to the read/write head scratching the surface of the disk.</p><p></p><p>This report has more detail, but I think it'd be prudent to at least make sure you have a reliable backup scheme in place.</p><p></p><p>I've noticed odd sounds have started to come from my drive over the last few weeks, so let's see how it goes... I need to upgrade to a larger drive sooner or later anyway though.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.retrodata.co.uk/notice_apple_seagate_drives.php" target="_blank">http://www.retrodata.co.uk/notice_apple_seagate_drives.php</a></p><p><a href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/warning/seagate-25+inch-hard-drive-flaw-affecting-macbooks-316350.php" target="_blank">http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/warning/seagate-25+inch-hard-drive-flaw-affecting-macbooks-316350.php</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aptmunich, post: 518637, member: 3850"] Apparently the Seagate drives used in a lot of first generation Macbooks have issues that can cause them to degrade quite rapidly over time due to the read/write head scratching the surface of the disk. This report has more detail, but I think it'd be prudent to at least make sure you have a reliable backup scheme in place. I've noticed odd sounds have started to come from my drive over the last few weeks, so let's see how it goes... I need to upgrade to a larger drive sooner or later anyway though. [url]http://www.retrodata.co.uk/notice_apple_seagate_drives.php[/url] [url]http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/warning/seagate-25+inch-hard-drive-flaw-affecting-macbooks-316350.php[/url] [/QUOTE]
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