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Drive Unrepairable via Drive Utilities, Third Party Tool?
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1619671" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>Thanks very much for the info. That helps clear things up (at least for me).<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I know that you asked this question at least 3 times. The truth is…I don't think that there are many folks that have purchased & used these apps (at least among Mac-Forums members that visit & help frequently). </p><p></p><p>There are two categories of problems with a hard drive:</p><p></p><p>- software based problems</p><p>- hardware based problems</p><p></p><p>These hard drive repair apps help with hard drive software based problems. Apple includes "Disk Utility" for these situations. I'm not saying that these apps (Drive Genius, Tech Tool, etc.) can't be better than Disk Utility…I'm just saying that it is rare for someone to need these apps.</p><p></p><p>If the hard drive is experiencing hardware based problems (mechanical problems)…then spending $100 on one of these apps will be a complete waste of money.</p><p></p><p>So…you can spend $100 purchasing one of these apps…and it possibly be a complete waste of money. Or spend the exact same $100 (or less) on a replacement hard drive…and basically forget about repairing the current HD.</p><p></p><p>If you spend $100 on one of these repair apps…and it doesn't help. Then you're going to have to spend $100 or less for a replacement HD. Then the total cost of this project will be around $200 instead of $100!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>So three options:</p><p></p><p>1. Free up some hard drive space on the HD (20% free space)…and try running the repair function of Disk Utility one more time. If this doesn't work…just buy a brand new replacement HD…and don't bother spending cash on one of those repair apps.</p><p></p><p>2. Since you have a Time Machine backup. Erase & reformat the HD. Reinstall the OS…then restore a backup from Time Machine (you may still need to deal with the almost full HD problem).</p><p></p><p>3. Just replace the HD. Not only will this ensure that there are no hard drive repair problems…a larger HD will solve the "full hard drive" issue as well!!!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1619671, member: 56379"] Thanks very much for the info. That helps clear things up (at least for me).:) I know that you asked this question at least 3 times. The truth is…I don't think that there are many folks that have purchased & used these apps (at least among Mac-Forums members that visit & help frequently). There are two categories of problems with a hard drive: - software based problems - hardware based problems These hard drive repair apps help with hard drive software based problems. Apple includes "Disk Utility" for these situations. I'm not saying that these apps (Drive Genius, Tech Tool, etc.) can't be better than Disk Utility…I'm just saying that it is rare for someone to need these apps. If the hard drive is experiencing hardware based problems (mechanical problems)…then spending $100 on one of these apps will be a complete waste of money. So…you can spend $100 purchasing one of these apps…and it possibly be a complete waste of money. Or spend the exact same $100 (or less) on a replacement hard drive…and basically forget about repairing the current HD. If you spend $100 on one of these repair apps…and it doesn't help. Then you're going to have to spend $100 or less for a replacement HD. Then the total cost of this project will be around $200 instead of $100!:( So three options: 1. Free up some hard drive space on the HD (20% free space)…and try running the repair function of Disk Utility one more time. If this doesn't work…just buy a brand new replacement HD…and don't bother spending cash on one of those repair apps. 2. Since you have a Time Machine backup. Erase & reformat the HD. Reinstall the OS…then restore a backup from Time Machine (you may still need to deal with the almost full HD problem). 3. Just replace the HD. Not only will this ensure that there are no hard drive repair problems…a larger HD will solve the "full hard drive" issue as well!!!:) - Nick [/QUOTE]
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