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<blockquote data-quote="CaptSaltyJack" data-source="post: 380788" data-attributes="member: 29975"><p>WOW, more like Ripoff Bar. $398???? I wouldn't trust those guys. Are you going to take his word for it that the drive wouldn't mount? I wouldn't, but that's just me.</p><p></p><p>Get a HD enclosure for laptop drives ($20-$40'ish).. remove your MacBook drive (assuming that's possible for the user to do, don't know as I've never owned a MacBook), slap your drive in there, and plug the enclosure (USB or Firewire) into another Mac. See if it shows up and you can access the files. If you can, that guy was full of crap. If not, he was right, your HD died. Assuming you're in the US, I'd just visit newegg.com and grab a new laptop drive and pop that sucker in, boot your OS X disc, and reinstall.</p><p></p><p>Genius Bar...whatever. Even if that guy was right, $398? A 160GB Seagate SATA laptop hard drive is $124.99 on newegg. Screw that guy.</p><p></p><p>I'll watch this thread and try to answer any questions if you have any. Keep in mind I'm a Windows user switching to Mac soon, so I won't be able to help with anything Mac specific. But I do know my hardware pretty well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CaptSaltyJack, post: 380788, member: 29975"] WOW, more like Ripoff Bar. $398???? I wouldn't trust those guys. Are you going to take his word for it that the drive wouldn't mount? I wouldn't, but that's just me. Get a HD enclosure for laptop drives ($20-$40'ish).. remove your MacBook drive (assuming that's possible for the user to do, don't know as I've never owned a MacBook), slap your drive in there, and plug the enclosure (USB or Firewire) into another Mac. See if it shows up and you can access the files. If you can, that guy was full of crap. If not, he was right, your HD died. Assuming you're in the US, I'd just visit newegg.com and grab a new laptop drive and pop that sucker in, boot your OS X disc, and reinstall. Genius Bar...whatever. Even if that guy was right, $398? A 160GB Seagate SATA laptop hard drive is $124.99 on newegg. Screw that guy. I'll watch this thread and try to answer any questions if you have any. Keep in mind I'm a Windows user switching to Mac soon, so I won't be able to help with anything Mac specific. But I do know my hardware pretty well. [/QUOTE]
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