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disc repair prior to upgrading 10.6.8 to Mountain Lion?
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1533059" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>Perform as much maintenance as you can before doing anything else. Also make sure you have a current backup of your data as the first thing to do.</p><p></p><p>You might also consider getting a new hard drive for your MacBook Pro. Usually when a drive begins to need repairs, it's a sign that it may fail. As far as updating to Lion goes, you can certainly do that if you can find a copy. It's no longer available from the Mac App store. Your MacBook Pro should be able to run Mountain Lion.</p><p></p><p>The broken optical drive is going to be a problem though. You might be better off buying an external optical drive (they're inexpensive) if needed. Mountain Lion is a direct download and installation from the Mac App store so the drive won't be necessary for that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1533059, member: 46727"] Perform as much maintenance as you can before doing anything else. Also make sure you have a current backup of your data as the first thing to do. You might also consider getting a new hard drive for your MacBook Pro. Usually when a drive begins to need repairs, it's a sign that it may fail. As far as updating to Lion goes, you can certainly do that if you can find a copy. It's no longer available from the Mac App store. Your MacBook Pro should be able to run Mountain Lion. The broken optical drive is going to be a problem though. You might be better off buying an external optical drive (they're inexpensive) if needed. Mountain Lion is a direct download and installation from the Mac App store so the drive won't be necessary for that. [/QUOTE]
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