Several Questions about Hard Drive Failure and Replacement
Hi all,
I've recently run across a problem with my 2011 27" iMac. A few days ago, it just froze up and I had to turn it off using the power button. After that, it would boot to the white screen with an apple logo, a gray progress bar, and then shut down automatically before the progress bar completed. I've tried resetting both SRM and the PRAM, and verified/repaired the Macintosh HD several times. After reformatting and installing Mountain Lion 3 times, I am still getting freezing and performance errors similar to the initial. Is my hard drive on life support? And if so, if I were to replace it, what kind of hard drive should I use, and will that cause a problem with the OS and cooling fans?
Thanks!
-Darwin
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Apple has a great OS. Do they "design great software"? Not in my opinion. They did great with OS 9 (my fav) and OS X.
You are implying that somehow the hard drive failure is directly related to any OS. I do not believe this to be fact. I have had hard drive failures with both Macs and PCs, notebooks and desktops. I do not believe that you should somehow reserve yourself to the idea that you paid a premium for a Mac and therefore there should never be a problem. I just spent the last 3 weeks dealing with a MacPro repair that has been broken since the day I got it. The result, I got a new MacPro yesterday in exchange for the faulty one. Explain how Apple could be at fault for cramming too much into such a small space when you think of a Mac Pro.
Do I agree that some people will not admit that Apple hardware does fail? Sure. All hardware fails. Your experience and your less-than scientific survey means nada though. Hardware that runs Windows fails at similar rates I'd imagine. Why? Apple doesn't make their hard drives and neither does Microsoft.
I do think your theory of the hard drive failing as a result of excessive heat in a notebook is actually quite tangible, but I don't believe that your theory is Mac specific.
Now, I have ZERO pity for people who pay for data recovery because hard drives, external hard drives, are so freaking inexpensive nowadays that it is truly astounding to me when someone doesn't have some redundancy set up.
Finally, Apple is like Sony in my opinion. You are paying for a name of sorts.
Your flaw is that you believe again that the price you paid "entitles" you to never having an issue. I paid more than you did on my MacPro alone and guess what? I had an issue. The only thing I thought I was entitled for was a repair or replacement free of charge. I got just that.
Bottom line, Apple sucks as much as Microsoft, everything can fail ... no matter what OS I am using.
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