uh oh-MB froze, now won't boot

[isleofjib]

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I have a mb, c2d, leopard 10.5.1. I had ff3, safari, mail and iTunes running. iTunes was d/l a lot of stuff and then the system froze. nothing would respond. did a hard reboot and then the system wouldn't boot. after a long while, I got the folder with ? in it. I put in my leopard disk but it wouldn't boot off of that either until the 4th or 5th attempt. I tried to run disk utility but the hdd doesn't show. what happened and what can I do?

 

[heatmiser]

Sounds like your drive died. If you're still under warranty, you can get it replaced at the Apple Store. If you have an extra Mac and a FW cable, you can try target disk mode.

 

[juanster]

yeah sounds like hdd failure to me too, hope you ve got everything backed up

 

[isleofjib]

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it is under warranty still. I just don't like that store and especially given our weather and the Xmas season. blah. is there ANY way to salvage the drive? and yes, I just did a back up 2 days ago.

 

[heatmiser]

See my FW comment above. Alternatively, if you don't have a cable, but do have another Mac and an external enclosure, you can pop out the drive from the MB, pop it into the enclosure, and try to recover that way.

 

[isleofjib]

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is there any way to get the hdd working again?

 

[RITZFit]

I've heard that putting a hard drive in the freezer for a bit might get it working long enough for you to get your data (haven't tried it personally). your prob gonna need a new hard drive tho for a reliable setup. apple should replace it under waranty

 

[isleofjib]

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thank you every one. one more question: could it mean something more than a hdd if the mb has trouble booting off the leopard install disk? or a time machine backup?