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<blockquote data-quote="deserter85" data-source="post: 697165" data-attributes="member: 56681"><p>Yes, I tried to use the disk utility to try to salvage it. </p><p></p><p>However, the same problem keeps repeating. </p><p></p><p>Basically it seems fine whenever there's no information written in it. However, once information gets written on it, the whole disk becomes "unreadable" in a sense because of some "tree root information" thing (it's been quite a while since I last attempted to salvage it so I can't remember exactly). After multiple attempts at recovery, reformatting, partitioning etc. but it still has the same problem. So I assumed that there must be something fundamentally wrong with the hard drive and proceeded to get a new one.</p><p></p><p>Another thing is that it runs VERY hot VERY quickly. I'd estimate probably close to 80 degrees Celsius (it's really really burning hot when I touch it). Which was why I thought I had "fried" it (in a literal manner).</p><p></p><p>BTW: When I press the repair disk button it gave me the "bad tree root information" thing and said that it was unrecoverable. So I had to re-format it.</p><p></p><p>I understand that anything that's mechanical is prone to breaking down. But a complete meltdown within 4 months is unacceptable (to me, at least).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="deserter85, post: 697165, member: 56681"] Yes, I tried to use the disk utility to try to salvage it. However, the same problem keeps repeating. Basically it seems fine whenever there's no information written in it. However, once information gets written on it, the whole disk becomes "unreadable" in a sense because of some "tree root information" thing (it's been quite a while since I last attempted to salvage it so I can't remember exactly). After multiple attempts at recovery, reformatting, partitioning etc. but it still has the same problem. So I assumed that there must be something fundamentally wrong with the hard drive and proceeded to get a new one. Another thing is that it runs VERY hot VERY quickly. I'd estimate probably close to 80 degrees Celsius (it's really really burning hot when I touch it). Which was why I thought I had "fried" it (in a literal manner). BTW: When I press the repair disk button it gave me the "bad tree root information" thing and said that it was unrecoverable. So I had to re-format it. I understand that anything that's mechanical is prone to breaking down. But a complete meltdown within 4 months is unacceptable (to me, at least). [/QUOTE]
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