The hardware tests and Disk Utility will help with this. With the clicking noise, you may not hear it when its accessing certain parts of the drive (ie, WinXP partition), only the bad parts; this is what happened to my fiancee's HDD.
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HELP! Dropped my MacBook, OS X won't start.
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The hardware tests and Disk Utility will help with this. With the clicking noise, you may not hear it when its accessing certain parts of the drive (ie, WinXP partition), only the bad parts; this is what happened to my fiancee's HDD.
I runned the advanced hardware test and it showed nothing.
I guess that I really can't do anything more at this point and that my best bet is to take it back to Apple and have them to look at it.
Hopefully it is just the hard drive and I can replace it myself and it won't be too expensive.
Thanks for all the help and answers!
I guess that I really can't do anything more at this point and that my best bet is to take it back to Apple and have them to look at it.
Hopefully it is just the hard drive and I can replace it myself and it won't be too expensive.
Thanks for all the help and answers!
So the reinstall went fine, this was after it was done copying files? If so, I would check that your aiport card is fully seated and undamaged. Obviously, this will require you to open it up.
You could also see if your wireless card is working on the Windows side.
Okay, a little off topic but does your camera have a focus option?
I'm not sure, just got it. But I used the macro mode. The camera isn't exactly high end anyway.
Ok. Sorry for the tangent. I hope your MacBook gets fixed and is usable once again. Ouch!
omg seriously...
Not to be rude, but you obviously aren't a computer genius, so you probably won't be able to tell it's damaged unless there is a giant crack in it or something.
Stop posting and just take the darn thing to the apple store. Even if they won't cover it, they will still look at it and attempt to diagnose what the problem is. then they will give you a HUGE price quote and ask you to write a check.
Now assuming they say it's something easy like the hard drive, tell them peace out and go to newegg.com and get a new sata drive. If it's something else like jarred components or something, kiss your macbook or your bank account goodbye.
Sorry to be so blunt, but there is nothing we can do for you without inspecting the computer itself. You really need to take this to a professional and have it diagnosed.
Good Luck.
Not to be rude, but you obviously aren't a computer genius, so you probably won't be able to tell it's damaged unless there is a giant crack in it or something.
Stop posting and just take the darn thing to the apple store. Even if they won't cover it, they will still look at it and attempt to diagnose what the problem is. then they will give you a HUGE price quote and ask you to write a check.
Now assuming they say it's something easy like the hard drive, tell them peace out and go to newegg.com and get a new sata drive. If it's something else like jarred components or something, kiss your macbook or your bank account goodbye.
Sorry to be so blunt, but there is nothing we can do for you without inspecting the computer itself. You really need to take this to a professional and have it diagnosed.
Good Luck.
Well, at least you're honest.
Thing is, I live in Norway, and there aren't any Apple stores here.
I will have take it back to the store where I bought it (which is an authorized Apple service provider). But I won't do that until monday, so I'm just trying to figure out what I can do while waiting.
Thing is, I live in Norway, and there aren't any Apple stores here.
I will have take it back to the store where I bought it (which is an authorized Apple service provider). But I won't do that until monday, so I'm just trying to figure out what I can do while waiting.
Use Windows.
That's what I'm doing at the moment, but it doesn't seem like a permanent solution.
Anyway, your'e probably right, there's nothing I can do before someone takes a look at it. So I just have to manage through the weekend and hope for the best.
Well good luck, If Windows is working I don't think it'll be too bad. However I'm not a mac genius either.
It's probly your hard drive dude. Windows and OS X are on seporate partitions. Windows is on the outer rings of the risk, OS X on the inner. You were in OS X at the time, so the heads of the drive were on the inner tracks when the accident happened. At the point of impact the heads scratched the platers and physicly damnaged your disks. Since windows is on the outer rings, it wasn't hurt.
Basicly, get the free estimate from someone whom can actually physicly look at it, then but a new HD and fix it yourself, if you feel it is with-in your skill level. Oh, and your warrenty is definitly over.
Basicly, get the free estimate from someone whom can actually physicly look at it, then but a new HD and fix it yourself, if you feel it is with-in your skill level. Oh, and your warrenty is definitly over.
If the drive was phisycally damaged then weather or not the SMS works is irrelivent. I would hope that that's the only problem, and not something else.
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I really don't see how there cant be some kind of damage to the hard drive. Likely just on the OSX partition since Windows boots. You might could re-install OSX on there, but I'd be very wary of that hard drive now. I'd go ahead and replace it. Now that it's damaged it's most likely gonna cause some trouble down the road. If it works good enough to get data off of it, then that makes it better for you.
You may be able to put a larger drive in it now as well, so this could serve as an upgrade for you.
You may as well change it out yourself, because your warrenty is very likely shot now anyway, so no need to have apple do it. I think hard drives are user servicable, but the drop very likely will have voided the warrenty anyway.
But I wouldn't trust the current hard drive for any longer than you have to.
I really don't see how there cant be some kind of damage to the hard drive. Likely just on the OSX partition since Windows boots. You might could re-install OSX on there, but I'd be very wary of that hard drive now. I'd go ahead and replace it. Now that it's damaged it's most likely gonna cause some trouble down the road. If it works good enough to get data off of it, then that makes it better for you.
You may be able to put a larger drive in it now as well, so this could serve as an upgrade for you.
You may as well change it out yourself, because your warrenty is very likely shot now anyway, so no need to have apple do it. I think hard drives are user servicable, but the drop very likely will have voided the warrenty anyway.
But I wouldn't trust the current hard drive for any longer than you have to.