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    Disk Utility: First Aid process has failed

    Hi, Today I noticed my external Samsung HDD is very slow suddenly. It’s also impossible to eject it from my Mac (I have to turn off my Mac every time I want to eject it). So I have run First Aid on it in Disk Utility. Here’s the result: What does it mean? Is this disk unfixable? Is recycling it...
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    Split Fusion Drive, now not booting, can't find solution!

    My 2011 Macbook Pro running El Capitan was running fine until recently when it suddenly decided to stop booting after getting a new charger which I assume was sketchy (refurbished apple from ebay). I believe that my fusion drive has split back into the original hdd and ssd and now I can't boot...
    • provhatr
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    • boot boot error fusion fusion drive hdd hdd failure recovery split ssd ssd failure
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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    2009 imac 27" HDD replacement with MBPR SSD query

    My iMAC (MB953LL/A) HDD (1TB) just died and I wanted to replace it with the spare 128GB SSD I have that came installed on a MacBook Pro Retina (Late 2012). 1. Can anyone guide me as to what is required to facilitate this transition to SSD (not sure what sort of SSD it is). What additional...
    • billk
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    • hdd hdd failure imac macbook 13 2012 ssd
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iMac
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    HDD replacement under UK consumer law

    Hi I've got a 27-inch late 2013 iMac with 3TB Fusion Drive, and long story short, the HDD part of the drive has failed and hence needs replacing (I've attached a much longer explanation of how I got to this point at the end for those that are interested). I took it to my local Genius Bar today...
    • japhcl
    • Thread
    • apple consumer law genius bar hdd hdd failure imac imac (27" late 2013) repair replacement united kingdom
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: iMac
  5. MacBoyWannabe

    MacBook Hard drive Destruction?!

    About 2 days ago, I did a routine system check on my late 2008 unibody MacBook. Came back 100% clean, no OS corruption, no physical issues, nothing. But this morning, I went to get on, and Drive Genius told me I had potential OS corruption and to restart it to repair the issue. So, I did it. It...
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    iMac HDD clicking

    Hi there My iMac's HDD just started clicking slowly. As I wanted to restart and do a backup it started clicking and now it is not recognisable at all. I cannot restart it in target mode either. I can however start my iMac from external drive obviously and when I do so the HDD is not there at...
    • moey2k2001
    • Thread
    • disc recovery disk failure hdd failure imac
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: iMac
  7. s.miran

    Macbook not detecting new ssd

    MacBook Pro 2012 mid mod Hi, I just changed my hdd on my mac because it was very slow so i replaced it with a ssd. The lion operative system didnt read my ssd so i made a bootable El capitan OS X on my ekstern hard drive. when i booted it i saw the ssd once but when i restarted the mac it was...
    • s.miran
    • Thread
    • hdd failure macbook macbook 13" macbook pro ssd ssd failure ssd issues ssd upgrade
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  8. MrAverigeUser

    A very good Video about ribbon cable issues….

    Instead of posting the url again and again for people having issues with it, I will post this here with the tags needed to automatically find it. Hope this is ok for the moderators. If not, just delete the Thread. (Disclaimer: I am neither the author of the video nor someone near to him. I just...
    • MrAverigeUser
    • Thread
    • beachball disk failure hdd failure hdd issues mbp mbp unstable ribbon cable ssd failure ssd issues
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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